Locale::filterMatches
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale
Description
Oop
Locale::filterMatches(string $languageTag, string $locale, bool $canonicalize = false): bool|null
Procedural
locale_filter_matches(string $languageTag, string $locale, bool $canonicalize = false): bool|null
Checks if a languageTag filter matches with locale according to RFC 4647's basic filtering algorithm
Parameters
languageTagThe language tag to check
localeThe language range to check against
canonicalizeIf true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.
Return Values
true if locale matches languageTag false otherwise.
Return
Examples
locale_filter_matches() example
php
<?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";
?>OO example
php
<?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:
output
Does not match; Matches