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<h1 class="refname">Locale::getDefault</h1>
<h1 class="refname">locale_get_default</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Locale::getDefault</span> -- <span class="refname">locale_get_default</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the default locale value from the INTL global 'default_locale'</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-locale.getdefault-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
Object oriented style
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>Locale::getDefault</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Procedural style
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>locale_get_default</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Gets the default locale value. At the PHP initialization this value is set
to 'intl.default_locale' value from <var class="filename">php.ini</var> if that value exists or
from ICU's function uloc_getDefault().
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-locale.getdefault-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-locale.getdefault-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The current runtime locale
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-locale.getdefault-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>locale_get_default()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />ini_set</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'intl.default_locale'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de-DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">locale_get_default</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'; '</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">locale_set_default</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'fr'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">locale_get_default</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example" id="example-2542">
<p><strong>Example #2 OO example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />ini_set</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'intl.default_locale'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de-DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Locale</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getDefault</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'; '</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Locale</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">setDefault</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'fr'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Locale</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getDefault</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
de-DE; fr
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-locale.getdefault-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="locale.setdefault.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">locale_set_default()</a> - sets the default runtime locale</span></li>
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