Collator::create

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

Create a collator

public static Collator Collator::create ( string $locale )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

Collator collator_create ( string $locale )

The strings will be compared using the options already specified.

Parameters:

locale

The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for locales can be passed in - if null is passed for the locale, the default locale collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or "root" are passed, » UCA rules will be used.

Returns:

Return new instance of Collator object, or NULL on error.

Examples:

collator_create() example

<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );

if( !isset( $coll ) ) {
    printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message() );
    exit( 1 );
}
?>