Locale::filterMatches

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

Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale

public static bool Locale::filterMatches ( string $langtag, string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = false ] )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

bool locale_filter_matches ( string $langtag , string $locale [, bool $canonicalize = false ] )

Checks if a $langtag filter matches with $locale according to RFC 4647's basic filtering algorithm

Parameters:

langtag

The language tag to check

locale

The language range to check against

canonicalize

If true, the arguments will be converted to canonical form before matching.

Returns:

TRUE if $locale matches $langtag FALSE otherwise.

Examples:

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"; 
?>

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"; 
?>