(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Locale::getRegion -- locale_get_region — Gets the region for the input locale
Object-oriented style
public static Locale::getRegion(string $locale): ?string
Procedural style
locale_get_region(string $locale): ?string
Gets the region for the input locale.
localeThe locale to extract the region code from
The region subtag for the locale or null if not present
Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.
Example #1 locale_get_region() example
<?php
echo locale_get_region('de-CH-1901');
?> Example #2 OO example
<?php
echo Locale::getRegion('de-CH-1901');
?> The above example will output:
CH
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