PHP Date function output in Italian

Question

I am trying to output dates in the Italian format using date() as follows:

Answer 1

I found that setlocale isn't reliable, as it is set per process, not per thread (the manual mentions this). This means other running scripts can change the locale at any time. A solution is using IntlDateFormatter from the intl php extension.

$fmt = new \IntlDateFormatter('it_IT', NULL, NULL);
$fmt->setPattern('d MMMM yyyy HH:mm'); 
// See: http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime for pattern syntax
echo $fmt->format(new \DateTime()); 

If it doesn't work you might need to:

• Install intl php extension (ubuntu example): sudo apt-get install php5-intl

• Install the locale you want to use: sudo locale-gen it_IT