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Author cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/unicode/functions i18n-loc-get-default.xml i18n-loc-set-def
Nuno Lopes

2005-09-25, 6:57 pm

nlopess Sun Sep 25 11:46:03 2005 EDT

Added files:
/phpdoc/en/reference/unicode/functions i18n-loc-get-default.xml
i18n-loc-set-default.xml
Log:
add 2 new unicode functions


http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/en...t.xml?r=1.1&p=1
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-get-default.xml
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-get-default.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
<refentry id="function.i18n-loc-get-default">
<refnamediv>
<refname>i18n_loc_get_default</refname>
<refpurpose>Get the default Locale</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>i18n_loc_get_default</methodname>
<void/>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns the default Locale, which is used by PHP to localize
certain features. Please note that this isn't influenced by
<function>setlocale</function> or the system settings.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a <type>string</type> with the current Locale.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>i18n_loc_get_default</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// get the default Locale
echo i18n_loc_get_default();

//set a new Locale...
i18n_loc_set_default('pt_PT');

// ... and print it
echo i18n_loc_get_default();

?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
en_US_POSIX
pt_PT
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>i18n_loc_set_default</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>

<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:t
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
indent-tabs-mode:nil
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:nil
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
vi: ts=1 sw=1
-->

http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/en...t.xml?r=1.1&p=1
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-set-default.xml
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-set-default.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
<refentry id="function.i18n-loc-set-default">
<refnamediv>
<refname>i18n_loc_set_default</refname>
<refpurpose>Set the default Locale</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>i18n_loc_set_default</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Sets the default Locale for PHP programs. Please note that this has nothing
to do with <function>setlocale</function> nor with the system locale.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The new Locale name. A comprehensive list of the supported locales is
available at <ulink url="&url.icu.locales;"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>i18n_loc_set_default</function> example</title>
<para>
This example demonstrates a possible usage of
<function>i18n_loc_set_default</function> to localize the
<function>sort</function> functions.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// the list of the strings to sort
$array = array(
'caramelo',
'cacto',
'caçada'
);

// set our locale (Portuguese, in this case)
i18n_loc_set_default('pt_PT');

// sort using the locale we previously set
sort($array, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);

print_r($array);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[0] => caçada
[1] => cacto
[2] => caramelo
)
]]>
</screen>
<para>
If we didn't use the locale, PHP would sort the string using the ASCII
characters value, thus returning (wrongly):
</para>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[0] => cacto
[1] => caramelo
[2] => caçada
)
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>i18n_loc_get_default</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>

<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:t
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
indent-tabs-mode:nil
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:nil
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
vi: ts=1 sw=1
-->
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