LOCALE_FILTER_MATCHES(3) 1 LOCALE_FILTER_MATCHES(3)
Locale::filterMatches - Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
publicstatic bool Locale::filterMatches (string $langtag, string $locale, [bool $canonicalize = false])
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
bool locale_filter_matches (string $langtag, string $locale, [bool $canonicalize = false])
Checks if a $langtag filter matches with $locale according to RFC 4647's basic filtering algorithm
PARAMETERS
o $langtag
- The language tag to check
o $locale
- The language range to check against
o $canonicalize
- If true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.
RETURN VALUES
TRUE if $locale matches $langtag FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
locale_filter_matches(3) example
<?php
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DEVA','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DE_1996','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>
Example #2
OO example
<?php
echo (Locale::filterMatches('de-DEVA','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (Locale::filterMatches('de-DE-1996','de-DE', false)) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>
The above example will output:
Does not match; Matches
SEE ALSO
locale_lookup(3).
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