Locale::getDisplayName

locale_get_display_name

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

Locale::getDisplayName -- locale_get_display_name — Returns an appropriately localized display name for the input locale

Description

Object oriented style

static string Locale::getDisplayName ( string $locale [, string $in_locale ] )

Procedural style

string locale_get_display_name ( string $locale [, string $in_locale ] )

Returns an appropriately localized display name for the input locale. If is NULL then the default locale is used.

Parameters

locale

The locale to return a display name for.

in_locale

optional format locale

Return Values

Display name of the locale in the format appropriate for $in_locale.

Examples

Example #1 locale_get_display_name() example

<?php
echo locale_get_display_name('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'en');
echo ";\n";
echo locale_get_display_name('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'fr');
echo ";\n";
echo locale_get_display_name('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'de');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getDisplayName('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'en');
echo ";\n";
echo Locale::getDisplayName('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'fr');
echo ";\n";
echo Locale::getDisplayName('sl-Latn-IT-nedis', 'de');
?>

The above example will output:

Slovenian (Latin, Italy, Natisone dialect);
slov\xc3\xa8ne (latin, Italie, dialecte de Natisone;
Slowenisch (Lateinisch, Italien, NEDIS)

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