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Collator::getLocale

collator_get_locale

Get the locale name of the collator

Description

Object-oriented style

public stringfalse Collator::getLocale(int $type)

Procedural style

stringfalse collator_get_locale(Collator $object, int $type)

Get collector locale name.

Parameters

object

Collator object.

type

You can choose between valid and actual locale ( Locale::VALID_LOCALE and Locale::ACTUAL_LOCALE, respectively).

Return Values

Real locale name from which the collation data comes. If the collator was instantiated from rules or an error occurred, returns false.

Examples

Example #1 collator_get_locale example

<?php
$coll    = collator_create( 'en_US_California' );
$res_val = collator_get_locale( $coll, Locale::VALID_LOCALE );
$res_act = collator_get_locale( $coll, Locale::ACTUAL_LOCALE );
printf( "Valid locale name: %s\nActual locale name: %s\n",
         $res_val, $res_act );
?>

The above example will output:

Requested locale name: en_US_California
Valid locale name: en_US
Actual locale name: en

See Also

  • collator_create