PHP Manual: Gets the region for the input locale

Object-oriented style

public static stringnull Locale::getRegion(string $locale)

Procedural style

stringnull locale_get_region(string $locale)

Gets the region for the input locale.

The region subtag for the locale or null if not present

Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

Example #1 locale_get_region example

<?php
echo locale_get_region('de-CH-1901');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getRegion('de-CH-1901');
?>

The above example will output:

CH

Locale::getRegion