nl_langinfo() function in PHP


The nl_langinfo() function has contained information about language and locale.

Note − This function won’t work on Windows.

Syntax

nl_langinfo(ele)

Parameters

  • ele − Specify what element to return. Should be any of the following elements −

    • Time and Calendar −

    • ABDAY_(1-7) - Abbreviated name of the numbered day of the week

    • DAY_(1-7) - Name of the numbered day of the week (DAY_1 = Sunday)

    • ABMON_(1-12) - Abbreviated name of the numbered month of the year

    • MON_(1-12) - Name of the numbered month of the year

    • AM_STR - String for Ante meridian

    • PM_STR - String for Post meridian

    • D_T_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time and date

    • D_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent date

    • T_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time

    • T_FMT_AMPM - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time in 12-hour format with ante/post meridian

    • ERA - Alternate era

    • ERA_YEAR - Year in alternate era format

    • ERA_D_T_FMT - Date and time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime())

    • ERA_D_FMT - Date in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime())

    • ERA_T_FMT - Time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime())

    • Monetary Category −

    • INT_CURR_SYMBOL - Currency symbol (example: USD)

    • CURRENCY_SYMBOL - Currency symbol (example: $)

    • CRNCYSTR - Same as CURRENCY_SYMBOL

    • MON_DECIMAL_POINT - Monetary decimal point character

    • MON_THOUSANDS_SEP - Monetary thousands separator

    • POSITIVE_SIGN - Positive value character

    • NEGATIVE_SIGN - Negative value character

    • MON_GROUPING - Array displaying how monetary numbers are grouped (example: 1 000 000)

    • INT_FRAC_DIGITS - International fractional digits

    • FRAC_DIGITS - Local fractional digits

    • P_CS_PRECEDES - True (1) if currency symbol is placed in front of a positive value, False (0) if it is placed behind

    • P_SEP_BY_SPACE - True (1) if there is a spaces between the currency symbol and a positive value, False (0) otherwise

    • N_CS_PRECEDES - True (1) if currency symbol is placed in front of a negative value, False (0) if it is placed behind

    • N_SEP_BY_SPACE - True (1) if there is a spaces between the currency symbol and a negative value, False (0) otherwise

    • P_SIGN_POSN - Formatting setting. Possible return values −

      • 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency symbol

      • 1 - The sign string is placed in front of the quantity and currency symbol

      • 2 - The sign string is placed after the quantity and currency symbol

      • 3 - The sign string is placed immediately in front of the currency symbol

      • 4 - The sign string is placed immediately after the currency symbol

    • N_SIGN_POSN - Formatting setting. Possible return values −

      • 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency symbol

      • 1 - The sign string is placed in front of the quantity and currency symbol

      • 2 - The sign string is placed after the quantity and currency symbol

      • 3 - The sign string is placed immediately in front of the currency symbol

      • 4 - The sign string is placed immediately after the currency symbol

      Numeric Category −

    • DECIMAL_POINT - Decimal point character

    • RADIXCHAR - Same as DECIMAL_POINT

    • THOUSANDS_SEP - Separator character for thousands

    • THOUSEP - Same as THOUSANDS_SEP

    • GROUPING - Array displaying how numbers are grouped

Return

The nl_langinfo() function returns specific information on SUCCESS, else FALSE on failure.

Example

This function cannot be implemented on the Windows platform.

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini

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Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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