PHP date_sunrise() Function

PHP date_sunrise Function


Defintion : 

In php  date_sunrise() Function is inbuilt function.PHP date_sunrise() function is used to get the sunrise time for a specified day and location. It returns the sunrise time of the place based on the given latitude, longitude, zenith, and gmt offrise of that place.

Syntax

  date_sunrise(timestamp, format, latitude, longitude, zenith, gmtoffset)

Parameter

Parameter Description
timestamp Required. Specifies the timestamp of the day from which the sunrise time is taken
format

Optional. Specifies how to return the result:

  • SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING (returns the result as string. e.g. 16:46) (This is default)
  • SUNFUNCS_RET_DOUBLE (returns the result as float. e.g. 16.78243132)
  • SUNFUNCS_RET_TIMESTAMP (returns the result as integer (timestamp). e.g. 1095034606)
latitude Optional. Specifies the latitude of the location. Defaults to North. To specify a value for South, pass in a negative value
longitude Optional. Specifies the longitude of the location. Defaults to East. To specify a value for West, pass in a negative value
zenith Optional. Defaults to date.sunrise_zenith
gmtoffset Optional. Specifies the difference between GMT and local time in hours

Given below example Return the sunrise time for Lisbon, Portugal today:

Output : 

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