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Locale::getPrimaryLanguage

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

Locale::getPrimaryLanguage -- locale_get_primary_language — Gets the primary language for the input locale

Object-oriented style

public static Locale::getPrimaryLanguage(string $locale): ?string

Procedural style

locale_get_primary_language(string $locale): ?string

Gets the primary language for the input locale

The language code associated with the language.

Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

Example #1 locale_get_primary_language() example

<?php
echo locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>

The above example will output:

zh