(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
Object oriented style
$langtag
, string $locale
[, bool $canonicalize = false
] )Procedural style
$langtag
, string $locale
[, bool $canonicalize = false
] )Checks if a $langtag filter matches with $locale according to RFC 4647's basic filtering algorithm
langtagThe language tag to check
localeThe language range to check against
canonicalizeIf true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.
TRUE if $locale matches $langtag FALSE otherwise.
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:
Does not match; Matches