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    Locale::getRegion

    locale_get_region

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

    Locale::getRegion -- locale_get_region — Gets the region for the input locale

    Description

    Object-oriented style

    public static Locale::getRegion(string $locale): ?string

    Procedural style

    locale_get_region(string $locale): ?string

    Gets the region for the input locale.

    Parameters

    locale

    The locale to extract the region code from

    Return Values

    The region subtag for the locale or null if not present

    Returns null when the length of locale exceeds INTL_MAX_LOCALE_LEN.

    Examples

    Example #1 locale_get_region() example

    <?php
    echo locale_get_region('de-CH-1901');
    ?>

    Example #2 OO example

    <?php
    echo Locale::getRegion('de-CH-1901');
    ?>

    The above example will output:

    CH

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    Patanjali
    7 years ago
    locale_get_region does no validation of whether the region exists, but just extracts the text that looks like it can be the region part of the locale, and formats it as uppercase.

    It doesn't even have to be a 2-character code, but can be an invalid 3-character one.
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