Locale::setDefault

locale_set_default

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

Locale::setDefault -- locale_set_default — Sets the default runtime locale

Description

Object oriented style

public static Locale::setDefault ( string $locale ) : bool

Procedural style

locale_set_default ( string $locale ) : bool

Sets the default runtime locale to $locale. This changes the value of INTL global 'default_locale' locale identifier. UAX #35 extensions are accepted.

Parameters

locale: Is a BCP 47 compliant language tag.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 locale_set_default() example

<?php
locale_set_default('de-DE');
echo locale_get_default();
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
Locale::setDefault('de-DE');
echo Locale::getDefault();
?>

The above example will output:

de-DE