PHP: Date and Number To Standard Words or Ordinal Words + Laravel Facade

An easy-to-use PHP package (and Laravel Facade) that turns dates and numbers into words or ordinal words.

Numbers and each part of the date can additionally be turned into ordinal words. (first, second, third)

Requirements

• Carbon
• PHP 8.0+

Usage

Install

composer require geoffreyrose/date-and-number-to-words

With Plain PHP

use DateAndNumberToWords\DateAndNumberToWords;

...

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();
$carbon = Carbon::create(2023, 4, 1);

$words->words($carbon, 'Do of M, Y');

With Laravel Facade

Laravel uses Package Auto-Discovery, which doesn't require you to manually add the ServiceProvider and Facade.

$words = DateAndNumberToWords::words(now(), 'Do of M, Y');

Methods

You can pass a Carbon object, DateTime object or an integer for most methods

Note all examples below use Plain PHP (use DateAndNumberToWords\DateAndNumberToWords) but can be swapped with Laravel Facade (DateAndNumberToWords)

Dates to Words

public function words(Carbon|DateTime $date, string $format): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();
$carbon = Carbon::create(2023, 4, 1);

$words->words($carbon, 'Do of M, Y');
// first of April, two thousand twenty-three

Formats

Yo  :  Ordinal Year - year($year, true)
Y   :  Year - year($year)
Mo  :  Ordinal Month - month($month, true)
M   :  Month - month($month)
Do  :  Ordinal Day - day($day, true)
D   :  Day - day($day)
Ho  :  Ordinal Hour - hour($hour, true)
H   :  Hour - hour($hour)
Io  :  Ordinal Minute - minute($minute, true)
I   :  Minute - minute($minute)
So  :  Ordinal Second - second($second, true)
S   :  Second - second($second)

Year to Words

public function year(int|Carbon|DateTime $year, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();
$carbon = Carbon::create(2023, 4, 1);

$dateTime = new DateTime();
$dateTime->setDate(2023, 4, 1);

$date = new DateTime();

$words->year($carbon, true);
// two thousand twenty-third

$words->year($dateTime);
// two thousand twenty-three

$words->year(2023, true);
// two thousand twenty-third

$words->year(2023);
// two thousand twenty-three

Month to Words

public function month(int|Carbon|DateTime $month, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->month(4, true);
// fourth

$words->month(4);
// April

Day to Words

public function day(int|Carbon|DateTime $day, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->day(7, true);
// seventh

$words->day(7);
// seven

Hour to Words

public function hour(int|Carbon|DateTime $hour, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->hour(7, true);
// seventh

$words->hour(7);
// seven

Minute to Words

public function minute(int|Carbon|DateTime $minute, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->minute(7, true);
// seventh

$words->minute(7);
// seven

Second to Words

public function second(int|Carbon|DateTime $second, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->second(7, true);
// seventh

$words->second(7);
// seven

Number to Words

Must be between 999999999999999999 and -999999999999999999

Only int will return an ordinal word. If $ordinal is true but $number is float a non-ordinal word will be returned.

public function number(int|float $number, bool $ordinal = false): string

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->number(7, true);
// seventh

$words->number(7);
// seven

$words->number(24.68);
// twenty-four point six eight

$words->number(24.68, true);
// twenty-four point six eight

$words->number(999999999999999999)
// nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine

Set Language

The default language is en

Every method other than month supports every language PHP does. PHP's native NumberFormatter is being used to translate numbers to words.

For months, translations are handled by Carbon, which has translations for 270+ locales.

public function setLanguage(string $language): void

$words = new DateAndNumberToWords();

$words->setLanguage('en');