Locale::filterMatches
locale_filter_matches
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Locale::filterMatches -- locale_filter_matches — Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale
Description
Object oriented style
static
bool
Locale::filterMatches
( string $langtag
, string $locale
[, bool $canonicalize = false
] )
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
- langtag
-
The language tag to check
- locale
-
The language range to check against
- 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() 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