getting default country_locale

Is anyone aware of a means to determine the default country_local (the
iso-spec, e.g. 'en_US') for a given LOCAL computer, such as someone might
have specified in Windows under Control Panel - Regional and Language
Options ?

"Ike" <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is anyone aware of a means to determine the default country_local (the
> iso-spec, e.g. 'en_US') for a given LOCAL computer, such as someone might
> have specified in Windows under Control Panel - Regional and Language
> Options ?
>

$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] gives you the language set in the UA.
Also
$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi-FI;
rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
fi-FI is mentioned. That should be fi_FI for Finnish, but anyway... Although
Firefox seems to be the only one from Ie, Fx and Opera that sends the
language code in the user agent description. So what ever you get, it's
never more than a mere guess what the language might be, and so you should
provide the user with a possibility to change the language if necessary.

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"Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN05P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ike" <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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might 
>
> $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] gives you the language set in the UA.
> Also
> $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1;
fi-FI;
> rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
> fi-FI is mentioned. That should be fi_FI for Finnish, but anyway...
Although
> Firefox seems to be the only one from Ie, Fx and Opera that sends the
> language code in the user agent description. So what ever you get, it's
> never more than a mere guess what the language might be, and so you should
> provide the user with a possibility to change the language if necessary.


Thanks Kimmo. What is "UA," represent, as in "...language set in the
UA?" -Ike

"Ike" <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Kimmo Laine" <eternal.erectionN05P@Mgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:wqn9e.8761$wj6.7251@reader1.news.jippii.net... 
> might 
> fi-FI; 
> Although 
>
>
> Thanks Kimmo. What is "UA," represent, as in "...language set in the
> UA?" -Ike
>


User Agent - fancy word for browser.

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>
>
> User Agent - fancy word for browser.
>

Thanks Kimmo. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! -Ike