Locale::acceptFromHttp

locale_accept_from_http

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Locale::acceptFromHttp -- locale_accept_from_httpTries to find out best available locale based on HTTP "Accept-Language" header

Description

Object-oriented style

public static Locale::acceptFromHttp(string $header): string|false

Procedural style

locale_accept_from_http(string $header): string|false

Tries to find locale that can satisfy the language list that is requested by the HTTP "Accept-Language" header.

Parameters

header

The string containing the "Accept-Language" header according to format in RFC 2616.

Return Values

The corresponding locale identifier.

Returns false when the length of header exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

Examples

Example #1 locale_accept_from_http() example

<?php
$locale
= locale_accept_from_http($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
echo
$locale;
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$locale
= Locale::acceptFromHttp($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
echo
$locale;
?>

The above example will output:

en_US

See Also

  • locale_lookup() - Searches the language tag list for the best match to the language