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PHP · Theory

date_default_timezone_set()

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date_default_timezone_set()

Meera only reaches for date_default_timezone_set() when Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set has to stay correct in lab hour.

Do date_default_timezone_set() once by hand. one date_default_timezone_set step Meera can write from memory. Change one input. Say the new result out loud.

date_default_timezone_set() exists so Meera can keep Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set correct in lab hour.

Meera ships date_default_timezone_set() in lab hour. That is the use case worth saying.

Don’t do this with date_default_timezone_set(): only reciting the name of date_default_timezone_set. Interviewers spot it in ten seconds.

date_default_timezone_set() is not a lonely heading. Meera ties it to Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set.

One breath for date_default_timezone_set(), then Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set, then only reciting the name of date_default_timezone_set. Sit down.

Exam tip

For date_default_timezone_set(): definition + lab hour + one failure.

Example

<?php
// date_default_timezone_set()
$scores = [80, 90, 70];
$avg = array_sum($scores) / count($scores);
echo "avg=" . number_format($avg, 1) . "\n";
foreach ($scores as $s) {
  if ($s >= 80) echo "high: $s\n";
}

date_default_timezone_set(): scores array, print avg, then high marks. Say the output.

Short notes

  • Defdate_default_timezone_set() — Meera uses it for Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set in lab hour.
  • Ruledate_default_timezone_set() → one date_default_timezone_set step Meera can write from memory.
  • Rememberdate_default_timezone_set() + the PHP runtime (lab hour).
  • Usedate_default_timezone_set() in lab hour (Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set).
  • Trapdate_default_timezone_set() — only reciting the name of date_default_timezone_set.
  • Exdate_default_timezone_set() → Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set.

Questions

1

Meera asks: why does date_default_timezone_set() exist? Use Meera walking through date_default_timezone_set.

2

Where does date_default_timezone_set() show up in lab hour?

3

Viva: one wrong answer people give for date_default_timezone_set().

4

Show date_default_timezone_set() in the PHP runtime terms — three lines max.

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