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Programming PHP
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Programming PHP

by Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe
March 2002
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
21h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

setlocale

Synopsis

string setlocale(mixed category, string locale)

Sets the locale for category functions to locale. Returns the current locale after being set, or false if the locale cannot be set. Any number of options for category can be added (or ORed) together. The following options are available:

LC_ALL (default)

All of the following categories

LC_COLLATE

String comparisons

LC_CTYPE

Character classification and conversion

LC_MONETARY

Monetary functions

LC_NUMERIC

Numeric functions

LC_TIME

Time and date formatting

If locale is 0 or the empty string, the current locale is unaffected.

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