PHP Manual: Gets the primary language for the input locale

Object oriented style

public static string Locale::getPrimaryLanguage ( string $locale )

Procedural style

string locale_get_primary_language ( string $locale )

Gets the primary language for the input locale

The language code associated with the language or NULL in case of error.

Example #1 locale_get_primary_language example


<?php
echo locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php
echo Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>

The above example will output:

zh

Locale::getPrimaryLanguage