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<?php
interface PatternModifier {
    public function replace($pattern);
}

class RegexRemove implements PatternModifier {
    private $stripchars;
    public function __construct($stripchars) {
        $this->stripchars = $stripchars;
    }
    public function replace($pattern) {
        return  preg_replace('/[' . $this->stripchars . ']/', '', $pattern);
    }
}

class StartEndTrim implements PatternModifier {
    private $skipstart;
    private $skipend;
    public function __construct($skipstart, $skipend) {
        $this->skipstart = $skipstart;
        $this->skipend = $skipend;
    }
    public function replace($pattern) {
        return substr($pattern, $this->skipstart, -$this->skipend);
    }
}

class Combined implements PatternModifier {
    private $modifiers;
    public function __construct($modifiers) {
        $this->modifiers = $modifiers;
    }
    public function replace($pattern) {
        $result = $pattern;
        foreach($this->modifiers as $m) {
            $result = $m->replace($result);
        }
        return $result;
    }
}

function mik_date($locale, $t, $format, $pattern_modifier = null) {
    $idf = new IntlDateFormatter($locale, $format, IntlDateFormatter::NONE);
    if($pattern_modifier != null) {
        $pattern = $idf->getPattern();
        $pattern = $pattern_modifier->replace($pattern);
        $idf->setPattern($pattern);
    }
    return $idf->format($t);
}

$t = time();
echo mik_date('da_DK', $t, IntlDateFormatter::LONG) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('en_US', $t, IntlDateFormatter::LONG) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('da_DK', $t, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, new RegexRemove('y,')) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('en_US', $t, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, new RegexRemove('y,')) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('da_DK', $t, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('en_US', $t, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('da_DK', $t, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, new Combined([new RegexRemove('y'), new StartEndTrim(0, 1)])) . "\r\n";
echo mik_date('en_US', $t, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, new Combined([new RegexRemove('y'), new StartEndTrim(0, 1)])) . "\r\n";
?>