localeconv

(PHP 4 = 4.0.5)

localeconv -- Get numeric formatting information

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:

International currency symbol (i.e. USD)
Local currency symbol (i.e. $)
TRUE if currency_symbol precedes a positive value, FALSE if it succeeds one
TRUE if a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value, FALSE otherwise
TRUE if currency_symbol precedes a negative value, FALSE if it succeeds one
TRUE if a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value, FALSE otherwise


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.

範例 1. localeconv() example

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().