Locale::getPrimaryLanguage

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

Locale::getPrimaryLanguage -- locale_get_primary_language — Gets the primary language for the input locale

Object oriented style

public static string Locale::getPrimaryLanguage ( string $locale )

Procedural style

string locale_get_primary_language ( string $locale )

Gets the primary language for the input locale

locale

The locale to extract the primary language code from

The language code associated with the language or NULL in case of error.

Example #1 locale_get_primary_language() example

<?php
echo?locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
echo?Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>

The above example will output:

zh