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Locale::getDisplayLanguage

locale_get_display_language

Returns an appropriately localized display name for language of the inputlocale

Description

Object-oriented style

public static stringfalse Locale::getDisplayLanguage(string $locale, stringnull $displayLocale = null)

Procedural style

stringfalse locale_get_display_language(string $locale, stringnull $displayLocale = null)

Returns an appropriately localized display name for language of the input locale. If is null then the default locale is used.

Parameters

locale

The locale to return a display language for

displayLocale

Optional format locale to use to display the language name

Return Values

Display name of the language for the locale in the format appropriate for displayLocale, or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 displayLocale is nullable now.

Examples

Example #1 locale_get_display_language example

<?php
echo locale_get_display_language('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'en');
echo ";\n";
echo locale_get_display_language('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'fr');
echo ";\n";
echo locale_get_display_language('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'de');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getDisplayLanguage('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'en');
echo ";\n";
echo Locale::getDisplayLanguage('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'fr');
echo ";\n";
echo Locale::getDisplayLanguage('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'de');
?>

The above example will output:

Slovenian;
slov\xc3\xa8ne;
Slowenisch

See Also

  • locale_get_display_name
  • locale_get_display_script
  • locale_get_display_region
  • locale_get_display_variant