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Collator::create

Collator::create

collator_create

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Collator::create -- collator_create — Create a collator

Description

Object oriented style

public static Collator Collator::create ( string $locale )

Procedural style

Collator collator_create ( string $locale )

The strings will be compared using the options already specified.

Parameters

locale

The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for locales can be passed in - if null is passed for the locale, the default locale collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or "root" are passed, » UCA rules will be used.

Return Values

Return new instance of Collator object, or NULL on error.

Examples

Example #1 collator_create() example

<?php $coll = collator_create( 'en_US'  if( !isset( $coll ) ) {     printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message()      exit( 1  } ?>

See Also

  • Collator::__construct() - Create a collator

← Collator::__construct

Collator::getAttribute →

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