Collator
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Collator::create

collator_create

Create a collator

Description

Object-oriented style

public static Collatornull Collator::create(string $locale)

Procedural style

Collatornull collator_create(string $locale)

The strings will be compared using the options already specified.

Parameters

locale

The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for locales can be passed in - if an empty string is passed for the locale, the default locale collation rules will be used. If "root" is passed, » UCA rules will be used.

Return Values

Return new instance of Collator object, or null on error.

Examples

Example #1 collator_create example

<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );

if( !isset( $coll ) ) {
    printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message() );
    exit( 1 );
}
?>

See Also

  • Collator::__construct