It should be noted that for extreme geographical locations date_sun_info() might return unexpected values. Values of 1 or empty may be returned. If you are expecting a unix timestamp this will default to the epoch, or epoch+1, which is not what you would expect.
After researching official almanac records for these locations it appears likely that for sunrise and sunset return values of 1 relate to a situation where the sun is above the horizon for the entire 24 hour day. It is also possible that empty return values relate to a situation where the sun is below the horizon for the entire 24 hour day. In the case of twilight data a 1 probably means that the sun never dips below that zenith, and an empty value means the sun never rises above said zenith for that given day.
The following code exhibits unique dates from the northernmost city Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, and the southernmost city McMurdo Research Station, Antarctica.
<?php
$northernmost_city_latitude = 78.92; // Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
$northernmost_city_longitude = 11.93;
$southernmost_city_latitude = -77.88; // McMurdo Research Station, Antarctica
$southernmost_city_longitude = 166.73;
print_r( date_sun_info( strtotime("2008-01-01") , $northernmost_city_latitude, $northernmost_city_longitude) );
print_r( date_sun_info( strtotime("2008-04-01") , $northernmost_city_latitude, $northernmost_city_longitude) );
print_r( date_sun_info( strtotime("2008-01-01") , $southernmost_city_latitude, $southernmost_city_longitude) );
print_r( date_sun_info( strtotime("2008-06-01") , $southernmost_city_latitude, $southernmost_city_longitude) );
?>
This will return the following. Observe that sometimes a value of 1 or empty is returned.
Array
(
[sunrise] =>
[sunset] =>
[transit] => 1199186158
[civil_twilight_begin] =>
[civil_twilight_end] =>
[nautical_twilight_begin] => 1199184075
[nautical_twilight_end] => 1199188241
[astronomical_twilight_begin] => 1199170475
[astronomical_twilight_end] => 1199201840
)
Array
(
[sunrise] => 1207019232
[sunset] => 1207077865
[transit] => 1207048548
[civil_twilight_begin] => 1
[civil_twilight_end] => 1
[nautical_twilight_begin] => 1
[nautical_twilight_end] => 1
[astronomical_twilight_begin] => 1
[astronomical_twilight_end] => 1
)
Array
(
[sunrise] => 1
[sunset] => 1
[transit] => 1199148994
[civil_twilight_begin] => 1
[civil_twilight_end] => 1
[nautical_twilight_begin] => 1
[nautical_twilight_end] => 1
[astronomical_twilight_begin] => 1
[astronomical_twilight_end] => 1
)
Array
(
[sunrise] =>
[sunset] =>
[transit] => 1212281461
[civil_twilight_begin] =>
[civil_twilight_end] =>
[nautical_twilight_begin] => 1212273312
[nautical_twilight_end] => 1212289609
[astronomical_twilight_begin] => 1212264187
[astronomical_twilight_end] => 1212298734
)
date_sun_info
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)
date_sun_info — Retourne un tableau avec les informations sur lever/coucher du soleil ainsi que le début et la fin de l'aube
Description
array date_sun_info
( int $time
, float $latitude
, float $longitude
)
Liste de paramètres
- time
-
Timestamp.
- latitude
-
Latitude en degrés.
- longitude
-
Longitude en degrés.
Valeurs de retour
Retourne un tableau en cas de succès ou FALSE en cas d'échec.
Exemples
Exemple #1 Exemple avec date_sun_info()
<?php
$sun_info = date_sun_info(strtotime("2006-12-12"), 31.7667, 35.2333);
foreach ($sun_info as $key => $val) {
echo "$key: " . date("H:i:s", $val) . "\n";
}
?>
L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher :
sunrise: 05:52:11 sunset: 15:41:21 transit: 10:46:46 civil_twilight_begin: 05:24:08 civil_twilight_end: 16:09:24 nautical_twilight_begin: 04:52:25 nautical_twilight_end: 16:41:06 astronomical_twilight_begin: 04:21:32 astronomical_twilight_end: 17:12:00
Voir aussi
- date_sunrise() - Retourne l'heure de levé du soleil pour un jour et un endroit donnés
- date_sunset() - Retourne l'heure de coucher du soleil pour un jour et un endroit donnés
date_sun_info
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17-Jun-2008 07:54
17-Jun-2008 07:54
