[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers improvements (#4882)

Author: AllenJB (AllenJB)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: derickr
Date: 2025-12-09T08:46:27Z

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/c018a4d2c85ac429f238f78679eca46d86c63a31
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/c018a4d2c85ac429f238f78679eca46d86c63a31.diff

DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers improvements (#4882)

* DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers improvements

* DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers improvements

* DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers improvements (removed runnable annotations - see #4887 )

* Update reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml

Co-authored-by: Gina Peter Banyard <[email protected]>

* Update reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml

Co-authored-by: Gina Peter Banyard <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Gina Peter Banyard <[email protected]>

Changed paths:
  M  reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml b/reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml
index 1dda356bb724..e8093ad0b57f 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/datetimezone/listidentifiers.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timezoneGroup</parameter><initializer>DateTimeZone::ALL</initializer></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>countryCode</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
+  <simpara>
+   Return the list of <link xlink:href="&url.wiki.tzdb.names;">IANA Time Zone identifiers</link>.
+  </simpara>
+
+  <note>
+   <simpara>
+    It's possible to detect the client (browser) timezone with JavaScript using
+    <link xlink:href="&url.js.intl-datetimeformat;">Intl.DateTimeFormat</link> or
+    <link xlink:href="&url.js.temporal-zoneddatetime;">Temporal.ZonedDateTime</link>.
+   </simpara>
+  </note>
+
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 role="parameters">
@@ -96,25 +108,28 @@
   &reftitle.examples;
   <para>
    <example>
-    <title>A <methodname>DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers</methodname> example</title>
+    <title>List identifiers with location comments</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers();
-for ($i=0; $i < 5; $i++) {
-    echo "$timezone_identifiers[$i]\n";
+$identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers(DateTimeZone::ALL);
+
+foreach ($identifiers as $tzid) {
+    $tz = new DateTimeZone($tzid);
+    $comments = $tz->getLocation()['comments'];
+    echo $tzid . " (" . ($comments ?: 'Whole region') . ")\n";
 }
-?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
     &example.outputs.similar;
     <screen>
 <![CDATA[
-Africa/Abidjan
-Africa/Accra
-Africa/Addis_Ababa
-Africa/Algiers
-Africa/Asmara
+America/Antigua (Whole region)
+America/Araguaina (Tocantins)
+America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (Buenos Aires (BA, CF))
+America/Argentina/Catamarca (Catamarca (CT), Chubut (CH))
+America/Argentina/Cordoba (Argentina (most areas: CB, CC, CN, ER, FM, MN, SE, SF))
+// (Output trimmed due to length)
 ]]>
     </screen>
    </example>
@@ -130,7 +145,6 @@ $timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers( DateTimeZone::ASIA );
 for ($i=0; $i < 5; $i++) {
     echo "$timezone_identifiers[$i]\n";
 }
-?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
     &example.outputs.similar;
@@ -154,7 +168,6 @@ Asia/Aqtau
 <?php
 $timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers( DateTimeZone::ASIA | DateTimeZone::PACIFIC );
 echo join( ', ', $timezone_identifiers );
-?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
     &example.outputs.similar;
@@ -201,7 +214,6 @@ $timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers( DateTimeZone::PER_COUNTRY
 foreach( $timezone_identifiers as $identifier ) {
     echo "$identifier\n";
 }
-?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
     &example.outputs.similar;