PHP String, localeconv Function - Hiox Online Tutorial

Topic

What is localeconv Function?

Explanation

This function is used to get numeric formatting information.

The following are the array elements returned by the localeconv function.

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION
decimal_point	Decimal point character
thousands_sep	Thousands separator
grouping	Array containing numeric groupings
int_curr_symbol	Currency symbol
currency_symbol	Local currency symbol
mon_decimal_point	Monetary decimal point character
mon_thousands_sep	Monetary thousands separator
mon_grouping	Array containing monetary groupings
positive_sign	Sign for positive values
negative_sign	Sign for negative values
int_frac_digits	International fractional digits
frac_digits	Local fractional digits
p_cs_precedes	TRUE if currency_symbol precedes a positive value, FALSE if it succeeds one
p_sep_by_space	TRUE if a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value, FALSE otherwise
n_cs_precedes	TRUE if currency_symbol precedes a negative value, FALSE if it succeeds one
n_sep_by_space	TRUE if a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value, FALSE otherwise
p_sign_posn	This can have values 0-4 to specify the position of the "+" sign.
n_sign_posn	This can have values 0-4 to specify the position of the "-" sign.

Syntax:

    localeconv()

Example:

    <?php
    setlocale(LC_ALL, 'nl_NL.UTF-8@euro');
    $locale_info = localeconv();
    print_r($locale_info);
    ?>

Result:

    Array
    (
     [decimal_point] => .
     [thousands_sep] =>
     [int_curr_symbol] => EUR
     [currency_symbol] => 
     [mon_decimal_point] => ,
     [mon_thousands_sep] =>
     [positive_sign] =>
     [negative_sign] => -
     [int_frac_digits] => 2
     [frac_digits] => 2
     [p_cs_precedes] => 1
     [p_sep_by_space] => 1
     [n_cs_precedes] => 1
     [n_sep_by_space] => 1
     [p_sign_posn] => 1
     [n_sign_posn] => 2
     [grouping] => Array
        (
        )
     [mon_grouping] => Array
        (
            [0] => 3
            [1] => 3
        )
      )

In the above example displays the array with elements for the specified setlocale option.

PHP localeconv Function