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Locale::lookup

locale_lookup

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Locale::lookup -- locale_lookupSearches the language tag list for the best match to the language


Description

Object oriented style

public static Locale::lookup ( array $langtag , string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = FALSE [, string $default ]] ) : string

Procedural style

locale_lookup ( array $langtag , string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = FALSE [, string $default ]] ) : string

Searches the items in langtag for the best match to the language range specified in locale according to RFC 4647's lookup algorithm.


Parameters

langtag
An array containing a list of language tags to compare to locale. Maximum 100 items allowed.
locale
The locale to use as the language range when matching.
canonicalize
If true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.
default
The locale to use if no match is found.


Return Values

The closest matching language tag or default value.


Examples

Example #1 locale_lookup() example

<?php$arr = array(    'de-DEVA',    'de-DE-1996',    'de',    'de-De');echo locale_lookup($arr, 'de-DE-1996-x-prv1-prv2', true, 'en_US');?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php$arr = array(    'de-DEVA',    'de-DE-1996',    'de',    'de-De');echo Locale::lookup($arr, 'de-DE-1996-x-prv1-prv2', true, 'en_US');?>

The above example will output:

de_de_1996

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