PHP nl_langinfo() Function

The nl_langinfo() function returns specific local information.This function does not work on Windows platforms.

string nl_langinfo ( int $item )

nl_langinfo() is used to access individual elements of the locale categories. Unlike localeconv(), which returns all of the elements, nl_langinfo() allows you to select any specific element.

Parameter

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.

The absolute value of number. If the argument number is of type float, the return type is also float, otherwise it is integer (as float usually has a bigger value range than integer).