IntlDateFormatter::getLocale

datefmt_get_locale

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

IntlDateFormatter::getLocale -- datefmt_get_localeGet 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

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