Definition and Usage
The nl_langinfo() function returns specific local information.
Note: This function does not work on Windows platforms.
Tip: Unlike the localeconv() function, which returns all local formatting information, the nl_langinfo() function returns specific information.
Syntax
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nl_langinfo(element)
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description |
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| element | Required. Specifies which element to return. Must be one of the following elements:Time and Calendar: ABDAY_(1-7) - Abbreviated name of the numbered day of the week DAY_(1-7) - Name of the numbered day of the week (DAY_1 = Sunday) ABMON_(1-12) - Abbreviated name of the numbered month of the year MON_(1-12) - Name of the numbered month of the year AM_STR - String for Ante meridian PM_STR - String for Post meridian D_T_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time and date D_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent date T_FMT - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time T_FMT_AMPM - String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time in 12-hour format with ante/post meridian ERA - Alternate era ERA_YEAR - Year in alternate era format ERA_D_T_FMT - Date and time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()) ERA_D_FMT - Date in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()) ERA_T_FMT - Time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()) Monetary Category: INT_CURR_SYMBOL - Currency symbol (example: USD) CURRENCY_SYMBOL - Currency symbol (example: $) CRNCYSTR - Same as CURRENCY_SYMBOL MON_DECIMAL_POINT - Monetary decimal point character MON_THOUSANDS_SEP - Monetary thousands separator POSITIVE_SIGN - Positive value character NEGATIVE_SIGN -Negative value character MON_GROUPING - Array displaying how monetary numbers are grouped (example: 1 000 000) INT_FRAC_DIGITS - International fractional digits FRAC_DIGITS - Local fractional digits P_CS_PRECEDES - True (1) if currency symbol is placed in front of a positive value, False (0) if it is placed behind P_SEP_BY_SPACE - True (1) if there is a spaces between the currency symbol and a positive value, False (0) otherwise N_CS_PRECEDES - True (1) if currency symbol is placed in front of a negative value, False (0) if it is placed behind N_SEP_BY_SPACE - True (1) if there is a spaces between the currency symbol and a negative value, False (0) otherwise P_SIGN_POSN - Formatting setting. Possible return values: 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency symbol 1 - The sign string is placed in front of the quantity and currency symbol 2 - The sign string is placed after the quantity and currency symbol 3 - The sign string is placed immediately in front of the currency symbol 4 - The sign string is placed immediately after the currency symbol N_SIGN_POSN - Formatting setting. Possible return values: 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency symbol 1 - The sign string is placed in front of the quantity and currency symbol 2 - The sign string is placed after the quantity and currency symbol 3 - The sign string is placed immediately in front of the currency symbol 4 - The sign string is placed immediately after the currency symbol Numeric Category: DECIMAL_POINT - Decimal point character RADIXCHAR - Same as DECIMAL_POINT THOUSANDS_SEP - Separator character for thousands THOUSEP - Same as THOUSANDS_SEP GROUPING - Array displaying how numbers are grouped (example: 1 000 000) Messaging Category: YESEXPR - Regex string for matching 'yes' input NOEXPR - Regex string for matching 'no' input YESSTR - Output string for 'yes' NOSTR - Output string for 'no' Code set Category: CODESET Return a string with the name of the character encoding. |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | Returns the specific information on success, or FALSE on failure. |
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| PHP Version: | 4.1.0+ |