Locale::setDefault

locale_set_default

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

Locale::setDefault -- locale_set_default — sets the default runtime locale

Description

Object oriented style

static bool Locale::setDefault ( string $locale )

Procedural style

bool locale_set_default ( string $locale )

Sets the default runtime locale to $locale. This changes the value of INTL global 'default_locale' locale identifier. UAX #35 extensions are accepted.

Parameters

locale

Is a BCP 47 compliant language tag containing the

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 locale_set_default() example

<?php
locale_set_default('de-DE');
echo locale_get_default();
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
Locale::setDefault('de-DE');
echo Locale::getDefault();
?>

The above example will output:

de-DE

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