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Generate a list of timezones with PHP
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.timezone-identifiers-list.php | |
<?php | |
$zones = timezone_identifiers_list(); | |
foreach ($zones as $zone) | |
{ | |
$zoneExploded = explode('/', $zone); // 0 => Continent, 1 => City | |
// Only use "friendly" continent names | |
if ($zoneExploded[0] == 'Africa' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'America' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Antarctica' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Arctic' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Asia' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Atlantic' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Australia' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Europe' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Indian' || $zoneExploded[0] == 'Pacific') | |
{ | |
if (isset($zoneExploded[1]) != '') | |
{ | |
$area = str_replace('_', ' ', $zoneExploded[1]); | |
if (!empty($zoneExploded[2])) | |
{ | |
$area = $area . ' (' . str_replace('_', ' ', $zoneExploded[2]) . ')'; | |
} | |
$locations[$zoneExploded[0]][$zone] = $area; // Creates array(DateTimeZone => 'Friendly name') | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
?> | |
The $locations array will contain a multi-dimensional array for each continent like | |
Array | |
( | |
[Africa] => Array | |
( | |
[Africa/Abidjan] => Abidjan | |
[Africa/Accra] => Accra | |
[Africa/Addis_Ababa] => Addis Ababa | |
[Africa/Algiers] => Algiers | |
... | |
) | |
[America] => Array | |
( | |
[America/Adak] => Adak | |
[America/Anchorage] => Anchorage | |
[America/Anguilla] => Anguilla | |
... |
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Thanks work for me, i just do some changes for work in Smarty :)