IntlCalendar::equals

Compare time of two IntlCalendar objects for equality

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public `bool` `IntlCalendar::equals` `IntlCalendar` `other`

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`bool` `intlcal_equals` `IntlCalendar` `calendar` `IntlCalendar` `other`

Returns true if this calendar and the given calendar have the same time. The settings, calendar types and field states do not have to be the same.

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`calendar`

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`other`

- The calendar to compare with the primary object.

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Returns &true; if the current time of both this and the passed in `IntlCalendar` object are the same, or &false; otherwise.

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### `IntlCalendar::equals`

    <?php
    ini_set('date.timezone', 'UTC');

    $cal1 = IntlCalendar::createInstance(NULL, 'es_ES');
    $cal2 = clone $cal1;

    var_dump($cal1->equals($cal2)); //TRUE

    //The locale is not included in the comparison
    $cal2 = IntlCalendar::createInstance(NULL, 'pt_PT');
    $cal2->setTime($cal1->getTime());
    var_dump($cal1->equals($cal2)); //TRUE

    //And set fields state is not included as well
    $cal2->clear(IntlCalendar::FIELD_YEAR);
    var_dump($cal1->isSet(IntlCalendar::FIELD_YEAR) ==
            $cal2->isSet(IntlCalendar::FIELD_YEAR)); //FALSE
    var_dump($cal1->equals($cal2)); //TRUE

    //Neither is the calendar type
    $cal2 = IntlCalendar::createInstance(NULL, 'es_ES@calendar=islamic');
    $cal2->setTime($cal1->getTime());
    var_dump($cal1->equals($cal2)); //TRUE

    //Only the time is
    $cal2 = clone $cal1;
    $cal2->setTime($cal1->getTime() + 1.);
    var_dump($cal1->equals($cal2)); //FALSE