Locale::getPrimaryLanguage

locale_get_primary_language

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

Locale::getPrimaryLanguage -- locale_get_primary_language — Gets the primary language for the input locale

Description

Object-oriented style

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

Procedural style

locale_get_primary_language(string $locale): ?string

Gets the primary language for the input locale

Parameters

locale: The locale to extract the primary language code from

Return Values

The language code associated with the language.

Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

Examples

Example #1 locale_get_primary_language() example

<?php
echo locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>

The above example will output:

zh

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Mahn ¶

9 years ago

The behaviour when a falsy value is passed as the $locale is undocumented, but it appears that it returns the primary language of the default system language. In my case:

    Locale::getPrimaryLanguage(null);

Returns 'en'. So make sure to test $locale before passing it to the method.