PHP Function date_sun_info()

Syntax

array date_sun_info ( int $time, float $latitude, float $longitude );

Definition and Usage

This function returns an array with information about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end.

Paramters

Parameter	Description
time	Required. Timestamp.
latitude	Required. Latitude in degrees.
longitude	Required. Longitude in degrees.

Return Value

Returns array on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php $sun_info = date_sun_info(strtotime("2007-07-12"), 31.7667, 35.2333); foreach ($sun_info as $key => $val) { echo "$key: " . date("H:i:s", $val) . "\n"; } ?>

This will produce following result:

sunset: 10:46:47 transit: 03:44:44 civil_twilight_begin: 20:15:05 civil_twilight_end: 11:14:23 nautical_twilight_begin: 19:41:27 nautical_twilight_end: 11:48:00 astronomical_twilight_begin: 19:05:25 astronomical_twilight_end: 12:24:02