Holiday API PHP Library

Official PHP library for Holiday API providing quick and easy access to holiday information from applications written in PHP.

Migrating from 1.x

Please note, version 2.x of this library is a full rewrite of the 1.x series. The interfacing to the library has been simplified and existing applications upgrading to 2.x will need to be updated.

Version 1.x Syntax (Old)	Version 2.x Syntax (New)
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\v1($key);	$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);

Version 1.x of the library can still be found here.

Documentation

Full documentation of the Holiday API endpoints is available here.

Installation

composer require holidayapi/holidayapi-php

Usage

<?php
$key = 'Insert your API key here';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);

try {
    // Fetch supported countries and subdivisions
    $countries = $holiday_api->countries();

    // Fetch supported languages
    $languages = $holiday_api->languages();

    // Fetch holidays with minimum parameters
    $holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
      'country' => 'US',
      'year' => 2019,
    ]);

    var_dump($countries, $languages, $holidays);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    var_dump($e);
}

Examples

Countries

Fetch all supported countries

<?php
$holiday_api->countries();

Fetch only countries with public holidays

<?php
$holiday_api->countries([
  'public' => true,
]);

Fetch a supported country by code

<?php
$holiday_api->countries([
  'country' => 'NO',
]);

Search for countries by code or name

<?php
$holiday_api->countries([
  'search' => 'united',
]);

Languages

Fetch all supported languages

<?php
$holiday_api->languages();

Fetch a supported language by code

<?php
$holiday_api->languages([
  'language' => 'es',
]);

Search for languages by code or name

<?php
$holiday_api->languages([
  'search' => 'Chinese',
]);

Holidays

Fetch holidays for a specific year

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
]);

Fetch holidays for a specific month

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'month' => 7,
]);

Fetch holidays for a specific day

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'month' => 7,
  'day' => 4,
]);

Fetch upcoming holidays based on a specific date

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'month' => 7,
  'day' => 4,
  'upcoming' => true,
]);

Fetch previous holidays based on a specific date

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'month' => 7,
  'day' => 4,
  'previous' => true,
]);

Fetch only public holidays

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'public' => true,
]);

Fetch holidays for a specific subdivision

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GB-ENG',
  'year' => 2019,
]);

Include subdivision holidays with countrywide holidays

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'subdivisions' => true,
]);

Search for a holiday by name

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'search' => 'New Year',
]);

Translate holidays to another language

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US',
  'year' => 2019,
  'language' => 'zh', // Chinese (Simplified)
]);

Fetch holidays for multiple countries

<?php
$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'US,GB,NZ',
  'year' => 2019,
]);

$holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => ['US', 'GB', 'NZ'],
  'year' => 2019,
]);