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<h1 class="refname">Locale::getPrimaryLanguage</h1>
<h1 class="refname">locale_get_primary_language</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Locale::getPrimaryLanguage</span> -- <span class="refname">locale_get_primary_language</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the primary language for the input locale</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-locale.getprimarylanguage-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::getPrimaryLanguage</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Procedural style
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>locale_get_primary_language</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Gets the primary language for the input locale
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-locale.getprimarylanguage-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">locale</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The locale to extract the primary language code from
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-locale.getprimarylanguage-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The language code associated with the language or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> in case of error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-locale.getprimarylanguage-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>locale_get_primary_language()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">locale_get_primary_language</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'zh-Hant'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example" id="example-2556">
<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 /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Locale</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPrimaryLanguage</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'zh-Hant'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
zh
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-locale.getprimarylanguage-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="locale.getscript.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">locale_get_script()</a> - Gets the script for the input locale</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="locale.getregion.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">locale_get_region()</a> - Gets the region for the input locale</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="locale.getallvariants.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">locale_get_all_variants()</a> - Gets the variants for the input locale</span></li>
</ul>
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