What is nl langinfo in PHP

nl_langinfo() function in PHP

• The nl_langinfo() function is used to return specific local information.
• The nl_langinfo() function returns the specific information on success, or FALSE on failure.

Syntax

nl_langinfo(element)

Parameter

• element string is required parameter. determine for return the element. Must be one of the following elements:

  Time and Calendar:

  • ABDAY_(1-7) - It is the abbreviated name of the numbered day of the week.
  • DAY_(1-7) - It is the name of the numbered day of the week.
  • ABMON_(1-12) - It is the abbreviated name of the numbered month of the year.
  • MON_(1-12) - It is the name of the numbered month of the year.
  • AM_STR - It is the string for Ante meridian.
  • PM_STR - It is the string for Post meridian.
  • D_T_FMT - It is the string that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time and date.
  • D_FMT - It is the string that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent date.
  • T_FMT - It is the string that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time.
  • T_FMT_AMPM - It is the string that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time in 12-hour format with ante/post meridian.
  • ERA - It is the alternate era.
  • ERA_YEAR - It is the year in alternate era format.
  • ERA_D_T_FMT - It is the date and time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime().
  • ERA_D_FMT - It is the date in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime().
  • ERA_T_FMT - It is the time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime().

  Monetary Category

  • INT_CURR_SYMBOL - It is the currency symbol.
  • CURRENCY_SYMBOL - It is the currency symbol.
  • CRNCYSTR - It is the same as CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  • MON_DECIMAL_POINT - It is the monetary decimal point character.
  • MON_THOUSANDS_SEP - It is the monetary thousands separator.
  • POSITIVE_SIGN - It is the positive value character.
  • NEGATIVE_SIGN - It is the negative value character.
  • MON_GROUPING - It is the array displaying how monetary numbers are grouped.
  • INT_FRAC_DIGITS - It is the international fractional digits.
  • FRAC_DIGITS - It is the 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 - It is the 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 - It is the 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 - It is the decimal point character.
  • RADIXCHAR - It is the same as DECIMAL_POINT.
  • THOUSANDS_SEP - It is the separator character for thousands.
  • THOUSEP - It is the same as THOUSANDS_SEP.
  • GROUPING - It is the array displaying how numbers are grouped.

  Messaging Category

  • YESEXPR - It is the regex string for matching 'yes' input.
  • NOEXPR - It is the regex string for matching 'no' input.
  • YESSTR - It is the output string for 'yes'.
  • NOSTR - It is the otput string for 'no'.

  Code set Category

  • CODESET It is the return a string with the name of the character encoding.