<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>sets the default runtime locale</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="locale.parselocale.html">Locale::parseLocale</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="class.normalizer.html">Normalizer</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.locale.html">Locale</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="locale.setdefault" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Locale::setDefault</h1> <h1 class="refname">locale_set_default</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Locale::setDefault</span> -- <span class="refname">locale_set_default</span> — <span class="dc-title">sets the default runtime locale</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-locale.setdefault-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para"> Object oriented style </p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="modifier">static</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Locale::setDefault</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Procedural style </p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>locale_set_default</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Sets the default runtime locale to $locale. This changes the value of INTL global 'default_locale' locale identifier. UAX #35 extensions are accepted. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-locale.setdefault-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">locale</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Is a BCP 47 compliant language tag containing the </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-locale.setdefault-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-locale.setdefault-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-2565"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>locale_set_default()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />locale_set_default</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 /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-2566"> <p><strong>Example #2 OO example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />Locale</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">setDefault</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 /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para">The above example will output:</p> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> de-DE </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-locale.setdefault-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="locale.getdefault.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">locale_get_default()</a> - Gets the default locale value from the INTL global 'default_locale'</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="locale.parselocale.html">Locale::parseLocale</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="class.normalizer.html">Normalizer</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.locale.html">Locale</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>