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Locale::getDisplayRegion

locale_get_display_region

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

Locale::getDisplayRegion -- locale_get_display_regionReturns an appropriately localized display name for region of the input locale

Description

Object oriented style

public static string Locale::getDisplayRegion ( string $locale [, string $in_locale ] )

Procedural style

string locale_get_display_region ( string $locale [, string $in_locale ] )

Returns an appropriately localized display name for region of the input locale. If is NULL then the default locale is used.

Parameters

locale

The locale to return a display region for.

in_locale

Optional format locale to use to display the region name

Return Values

display name of the region for the $locale in the format appropriate for $in_locale.

Examples

Example #1 locale_get_display_region() example

<?php
echo locale_get_display_region('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''en');
echo 
";\n";
echo 
locale_get_display_region('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''fr');
echo 
";\n";
echo 
locale_get_display_region('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''de');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo Locale::getDisplayRegion('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''en');
echo 
";\n";
echo 
Locale::getDisplayRegion('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''fr');
echo 
";\n";
echo 
Locale::getDisplayRegion('sl-Latn-IT-nedis''de');
?>

The above example will output:

Italy;
Italie;
Italien

See Also

User Contributed Notes

mark at SHOULDREMOVE dot moderndeveloperllc dot com
1 year ago
You don't have to have a fully-formed locale for the first parameter. This makes the function useful for getting the country name from any locale:

<?php
var_dump
(Locale::getDisplayRegion('-US', 'fr'));

//Returns
string 'États-Unis' (length=11)
?>
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