Locale::getPrimaryLanguage

locale_get_primary_language

(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

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