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Locale::parseLocale

locale_parse

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Locale::parseLocale -- locale_parseReturns a key-value array of locale ID subtag elements.

Description

Object oriented style

static array Locale::parseLocale ( string $locale )

Procedural style

array locale_parse ( string $locale )

Returns a key-value array of locale ID subtag elements.

Parameters

locale

The locale to extract the subtag array from. Note: The 'variant' and 'private' subtags can take maximum 15 values whereas 'extlang' can take maximum 3 values.

Return Values

Returns an array containing a list of key-value pairs, where the keys identify the particular locale ID subtags, and the values are the associated subtag values. The array will be ordered as the locale id subtags e.g. in the locale id if variants are '-varX-varY-varZ' then the returned array will have variant0=>varX , variant1=>varY , variant2=>varZ

Examples

Example #1 locale_parse() example

<?php
$arr 
locale_parse('sl-Latn-IT-nedis');
if (
$arr) {
    foreach (
$arr as $key => $value) {
        echo 
"$key : $value , ";
    }
}
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$arr 
Locale::parseLocale('sl-Latn-IT-nedis');
if (
$arr) {
    foreach (
$arr as $key => $value) {
        echo 
"$key : $value , ";
    }
}
?>

The above example will output:

language : sl , script : Latn , region : IT , variant0 : NEDIS ,

See Also

PHP Manual