setlocale

Definition and usage

setlocale() function sets the region information (region information).

Regional information is the language, currency, time and other information for a geographical area.

Note: setlocale() function changes region information only for the current script.

Tip: You can set the region information to the system default through setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL) .

Tip: If you want to obtain numeric format information, please refer to localeconv() function.

Example

Set the region to US English, and then reset it back to the system default:

 <?php
echo setlocale ( LC_ALL , "US" ) ;
echo "<br>" ;
echo setlocale ( LC_ALL , NULL ) ;
?>

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