(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Locale::acceptFromHttp -- locale_accept_from_http — Tries to find out best available locale based on HTTP "Accept-Language" header
Object-oriented style
public static Locale::acceptFromHttp(string $header): string|false
Procedural style
locale_accept_from_http(string $header): string|false
Tries to find locale that can satisfy the language list that is requested by the HTTP "Accept-Language" header.
headerThe string containing the "Accept-Language" header according to format in RFC 2616.
The corresponding locale identifier.
Returns false when the length of header exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.
Example #1 locale_accept_from_http() example
<?php $locale = locale_accept_from_http($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']); echo $locale; ?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php $locale = Locale::acceptFromHttp($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']); echo $locale; ?>
The above example will output:
en_US
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