php man page for locale_parse

LOCALE_PARSE(3) 							 1							   LOCALE_PARSE(3)

Locale::parseLocale - Returns a key-value array of locale ID subtag elements.

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       publicstatic array Locale::parseLocale (string  $locale)

DESCRIPTION
	Procedural style
       array locale_parse (string  $locale)

	Returns a key-value array of locale ID subtag elements.

PARAMETERS
	      o $locale
		-  The locale to extract the subtag array from. Note: The 'variant' and 'private' subtags can take maximum 15 values whereas 'ext-
		lang' can take maximum 3 values.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns an array containing a list of key-value pairs, where the keys identify the particular locale ID subtags, and the  values  are  the
       associated  subtag  values. The array will be ordered as the locale id subtags e.g. in the locale id if variants are '-varX-varY-varZ' then
       the returned array will have variant0=>varX , variant1=>varY , variant2=>varZ

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      locale_parse(3) example

	      <?php
	      $arr = locale_parse('sl-Latn-IT-nedis');
	      if ($arr) {
		  foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
		      echo "$key : $value , ";
		  }
	      }
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      OO example

	      <?php
	      $arr = Locale::parseLocale('sl-Latn-IT-nedis');
	      if ($arr) {
		  foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
		      echo "$key : $value , ";
		  }
	      }
	      ?>

       The above example will output:

       language : sl , script : Latn , region : IT , variant0 : NEDIS ,

SEE ALSO
       locale_compose(3).

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