localeconv
Description
array localeconv ( void )Returns an associative array containing localized numeric and monetary formatting information.
localeconv() returns data based upon the current locale as set by setlocale(). The associative array that is returned contains the following fields:
Array elementDescriptiondecimal_pointDecimal point characterthousands_sepThousands separatorgroupingArray containing numeric groupingsint_curr_symbolInternational currency symbol (i.e. USD)currency_symbolLocal currency symbol (i.e. $)mon_decimal_pointMonetary decimal point charactermon_thousands_sepMonetary thousands separatormon_groupingArray containing monetary groupingspositive_signSign for positive valuesnegative_signSign for negative valuesint_frac_digitsInternational fractional digitsfrac_digitsLocal fractional digitsp_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
0 Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol1 The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol 2 The sign string succeeds the quantity and currency_symbol 3 The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol 4 The sign string immediately succeeds the currency_symbol
n_sign_posn
0 Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol 1 The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol 2 The sign string succeeds the quantity and currency_symbol 3 The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol 4 The sign string immediately succeeds the currency_symbol
The grouping fields contain arrays that define the way numbers should be grouped. For example, the grouping field for the en_US locale, would contain a 2 item array with the values 3 and 3. The higher the index in the array, the farther left the grouping is. If an array element is equal to CHAR_MAX, no further grouping is done. If an array element is equal to 0, the previous element should be used.
Example 1. localeconv() example
<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
$locale_info = localeconv();
echo "<pre>\n";
echo "--------------------------------------------\n";
echo " Monetary information for current locale: \n";
echo "--------------------------------------------\n\n";
echo "int_curr_symbol: {$locale_info["int_curr_symbol"]}\n";
echo "currency_symbol: {$locale_info["currency_symbol"]}\n";
echo "mon_decimal_point: {$locale_info["mon_decimal_point"]}\n";
echo "mon_thousands_sep: {$locale_info["mon_thousands_sep"]}\n";
echo "positive_sign: {$locale_info["positive_sign"]}\n";
echo "negative_sign: {$locale_info["negative_sign"]}\n";
echo "int_frac_digits: {$locale_info["int_frac_digits"]}\n";
echo "frac_digits: {$locale_info["frac_digits"]}\n";
echo "p_cs_precedes: {$locale_info["p_cs_precedes"]}\n";
echo "p_sep_by_space: {$locale_info["p_sep_by_space"]}\n";
echo "n_cs_precedes: {$locale_info["n_cs_precedes"]}\n";
echo "n_sep_by_space: {$locale_info["n_sep_by_space"]}\n";
echo "p_sign_posn: {$locale_info["p_sign_posn"]}\n";
echo "n_sign_posn: {$locale_info["n_sign_posn"]}\n";
echo "</pre>\n";
?>
The constant CHAR_MAX is also defined for the use mentioned above.
See also setlocale().
