IntlDateFormatter::getLocale

datefmt_get_locale

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::getLocale -- datefmt_get_locale — Get the locale used by formatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::getLocale(int $type = ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE): string|false

Procedural style

datefmt_get_locale(IntlDateFormatter $formatter, int $type = ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE): string|false

Get locale used by the formatter.

Parameters

formatter: The formatter resource
type: You can choose between valid and actual locale ( Locale::VALID_LOCALE, Locale::ACTUAL_LOCALE, respectively). The default is the actual locale.

Return Values

The locale of this formatter, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_locale() example

<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'locale of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_locale($fmt);
echo 'First Formatted output is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);

$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'de-DE',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'locale of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_locale($fmt);
echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);

?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'locale of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getLocale();
echo 'First Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);

$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'de-DE',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'locale of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getLocale();
echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);

?>

The above example will output:

locale of the formatter is : en
First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
locale of the formatter is : de
Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00

Improve This Page

Learn How To Improve This Page • Submit a Pull Request • Report a Bug

＋add a note

User Contributed Notes

There are no user contributed notes for this page.