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smensulaiman/japanese-year-converter
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Convert Japanese era (Wareki) years to Gregorian (Seireki) years

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Japanese Year Converter
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[](#japanese-year-converter)

Convert Japanese era years (Wareki - 和暦) to Gregorian calendar years (Seireki - 西暦) in PHP. This library allows you to easily convert Japanese era years to their corresponding Gregorian years, supporting both Kanji and Romaji inputs.

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Features
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[](#features)

- Supports common Japanese eras: 令和 (Reiwa), 平成 (Heisei), 昭和 (Showa), 大正 (Taisho), 明治 (Meiji)
- Accepts both **Kanji** (e.g. `平成`, `令和`) and **Romaji** (e.g. `Heisei`, `Reiwa`)
- Converts `era + year` to **Gregorian year**
- Parses full strings like `平成13`, `Reiwa6`, etc.

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Installation
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[](#installation)

```
composer require smensulaiman/japanese-year-converter
```

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Usage
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[](#usage)

```
use Smensulaiman\JapaneseYearConverter\JapaneseYearConverter;

// Direct conversion
echo JapaneseYearConverter::toGregorian('平成', 13); // Output: 2001
echo JapaneseYearConverter::toGregorian('Reiwa', 6); // Output: 2024

// Parse from wareki string
echo JapaneseYearConverter::fromString('昭和60');    // Output: 1985
echo JapaneseYearConverter::fromString('令和5');     // Output: 2023
```

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Example Script
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[](#example-script)

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