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

See Also