How can the concept of the first day of a calendar week be redefined or customized in PHP to align with specific requirements or definitions of the user?

By default, PHP considers Monday as the first day of the week according to the ISO-8601 standard. However, if a user wants to redefine or customize the first day of the week based on their specific requirements or definitions, they can do so by using the `setlocale()` function in PHP. This function allows users to set the locale information, including the first day of the week, based on their preferences.

// Set the locale to a specific country to customize the first day of the week
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US'); // Set locale to United States

// Get the first day of the week based on the locale
$firstDayOfWeek = strftime('%A', strtotime('next Monday'));

echo "The first day of the week is: " . $firstDayOfWeek;