(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Locale::filterMatches -- locale_filter_matches — Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale
Object-oriented style
$languageTag
, string $locale
, bool $canonicalize
= false
): ?boolProcedural style
Checks if a languageTag
filter matches with locale
according to RFC 4647's
basic filtering algorithm
languageTag
The language tag to check
locale
The language range to check against
canonicalize
If true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.
true
if locale
matches languageTag
false
otherwise.
Returns null
when the length of locale
exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN
.
Example #1 locale_filter_matches() example
<?php
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DEVA','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DE_1996','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
echo (Locale::filterMatches('de-DEVA','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (Locale::filterMatches('de-DE-1996','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>
The above example will output:
Does not match; Matches