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Locale::filterMatches

locale_filter_matches

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

Locale::filterMatches -- locale_filter_matches — Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale

Description

Object oriented style

public static Locale::filterMatches ( string $langtag , string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = false ] ) : bool

Procedural style

locale_filter_matches ( string $langtag , string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = false ] ) : bool

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: