Locale::setDefault

locale_set_default

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

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

Description

Object-oriented style

public static Locale::setDefault(string $locale): bool

Procedural style

locale_set_default(string $locale): bool

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.

Return Values

Returns true.

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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