Locale
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Locale::getPrimaryLanguage

locale_get_primary_language

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

Locale::getPrimaryLanguage -- locale_get_primary_language — Gets the primary language for the input locale

Description

Object oriented style

static string Locale::getPrimaryLanguage ( string $locale )

Procedural style

string locale_get_primary_language ( string $locale )

Gets the primary language for the input locale

Parameters

locale

The locale to extract the primary language code from

Return Values

The language code associated with the language or NULL in case of error.

Examples

Example #1 locale_get_primary_language() example

<?php
echo locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>

The above example will output:

zh

See Also

Locale
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