(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
MessageFormatter::getLocale -- msgfmt_get_locale — Get the locale for which the formatter was created
Object-oriented style
public MessageFormatter::getLocale(): string
Procedural style
msgfmt_get_locale(MessageFormatter $formatter): string
Get the locale for which the formatter was created.
formatterThe formatter resource
The locale name
Example #1 msgfmt_get_locale() example
<?php
$fmt = msgfmt_create('en_US', "Number {0,number}");
echo msgfmt_get_locale($fmt);
?> Example #2 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new MessageFormatter('en_US', "Number {0,number}");
echo $fmt->getLocale();
?> The above example will output:
en_US
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