PHP Tutorial - PHP nl_langinfo() Function

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Definition

The nl_langinfo() function returns specific local information.

Syntax

Parameter

nl_langinfo Constants

LC_TIME Category Constants

• ABDAY_(1-7) Abbreviated name of n-th day of the week.
• DAY_(1-7) Name of the n-th day of the week (DAY_1 = Sunday).
• ABMON_(1-12) Abbreviated name of the n-th month of the year.
• MON_(1-12) Name of the n-th 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()).

LC_MONETARY Category Constants

• INT_CURR_SYMBOL International currency symbol.
• CURRENCY_SYMBOL Local currency symbol.
• CRNCYSTR Same value as CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
• MON_DECIMAL_POINT Decimal point character.
• MON_THOUSANDS_SEP Thousands separator (groups of three digits).
• MON_GROUPING Like "grouping" element.
• POSITIVE_SIGN Sign for positive values.
• NEGATIVE_SIGN Sign for negative values.
• INT_FRAC_DIGITS International fractional digits.
• FRAC_DIGITS Local fractional digits.
• P_CS_PRECEDES Returns 1 if CURRENCY_SYMBOL precedes a positive value.
• P_SEP_BY_SPACE Returns 1 if a space separates CURRENCY_SYMBOL from a positive value.
• N_CS_PRECEDES Returns 1 if CURRENCY_SYMBOL precedes a negative value.
• N_SEP_BY_SPACE Returns 1 if a space separates CURRENCY_SYMBOL from a negative value.
• P_SIGN_POSN
  • Returns 0 if parentheses surround the quantity and CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  • Returns 1 if the sign string precedes the quantity and CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  • Returns 2 if the sign string follows the quantity and CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  • Returns 3 if the sign string immediately precedes the CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  • Returns 4 if the sign string immediately follows the CURRENCY_SYMBOL.

LC_NUMERIC Category Constants

• DECIMAL_POINT Decimal point character.
• RADIXCHAR Same value as DECIMAL_POINT.
• THOUSANDS_SEP Separator character for thousands (groups of three digits).
• THOUSEP Same value as THOUSANDS_SEP.
• GROUPING

LC_MESSAGES Category Constants

• YESEXPR Regex string for matching "yes" input.
• NOEXPR Regex string for matching "no" input.
• YESSTR Output string for "yes".
• NOSTR Output string for "no".

LC_CTYPE Category Constants

• CODESET Return a string with the name of the character encoding.

Return

Returns the element as a string, or FALSE if item is not valid.

Note

This function does not work on Windows platforms.

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