Locale::canonicalize

locale_canonicalize

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Locale::canonicalize -- locale_canonicalize — Canonicalize the locale string

Description

public static Locale::canonicalize(string $locale): ?string

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

locale

Return Values

Canonicalized locale string.

Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

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jerome at chaman dot ca ¶

9 years ago

this method performs Level 1 and Level 2 canonicalization according to ICU standards. See http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale#TOC-Canonicalization. 

echo \Locale::canonicalize ( 'en-US.utf8' ); 
// "en_U"
echo \Locale::canonicalize ( 'FR-fr@EURO' ); 
// "fr_FR@currency=EUR"
echo \Locale::canonicalize ( '' ); 
// "en_US_POSIX"

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