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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