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Object oriented style

static string Locale::lookup ( array $langtag , string $locale , string $default )

Procedural style

string locale_lookup ( array $langtag , string $locale , string $default )

Searches the items in langtag for the best match to the language range specified in locale according to RFC 4647's lookup algorithm.

langtag: An array containing a list of language tags to compare to locale . Maximum 100 items allowed.
locale: The locale to use as the language range when matching.
default: The locale to use if no match is found.

The closest matching language tag or default value.

Example #1 locale_lookup() example


<?php
$arr = array(
    'de-DEVA',
    'de-DE-1996',
    'de',
    'de-De'
);
echo locale_lookup($arr, 'de-DE-1996-x-prv1-prv2', 'en_US');
?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php
$arr = array(
    'de-DEVA',
    'de-DE-1996',
    'de',
    'de-De'
);
echo Locale::lookup($arr, 'de-DE-1996-x-prv1-prv2', 'en_US');
?>

The above example will output:

de_de_1996

Locale::lookup