Php setlocale
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PHP function setlocale
This function sets locale information for time, langauge, monetary, and other specification for a geographical area.
Syntax setlocale
- category: what locale information should be set
- location: what country/region to set the locale information to.
setlocale(category, location)
Category:
- LC_ALL for all of the below
- LC_COLLATE for string comparison, see strcoll()
- LC_CTYPE for character classification and conversion, for example strtoupper()
- LC_MONETARY for localeconv()
- LC_NUMERIC for decimal separator (See also localeconv())
- LC_TIME for date and time formatting with strftime()
- LC_MESSAGES for system responses (available if PHP was compiled with libintl)
Location:
- " " or NULL force to set for the system's regional settings.
- Complete reference of the Location setting ISO Codes: ISO 639 3 letter codes-obsolete *Note: This ISO 639 3 letter codes is not the most uptodate.
Example 1
<?php echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 'nld_nld'); echo '<br/>'; echo setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL); ?>
Output
Dutch_Netherlands.1252 English_United States.1252
Example 2
<?php echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 'khm'); echo '<br/>'; echo setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL); ?>
Output
Khmer_Cambodia.1252 English_United States.1252
Example 3
<?php echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 'jpn'); echo '<br/>'; echo setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL); ?>
Output
Japanese_Japan.932 English_United States.1252
