Locale
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Locale::getRegion

locale_get_region

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

Locale::getRegion -- locale_get_region — Gets the region for the input locale

Description

Object oriented style

static string Locale::getRegion ( string $locale )

Procedural style

string locale_get_region ( string $locale )

Gets the region for the input locale.

Parameters

locale

The locale to extract the region code from

Return Values

The region subtag for the locale or NULL if not present

Examples

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

See Also

Locale
PHP Manual