(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, 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
locale
The locale to extract the primary language code from
The language code associated with the language or null in case of error.
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
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