Retrieving locale out of timezone_identifier -php

Question

Is there an easy way to retrieve the locale from the timezone_identifier?

For example:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Berlin');

The Locale in that case should de_DE.

maybe better to use browser settings instead? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/297542/simplest-way-to-detect-client-locale-in-php — Serg, Nov 02 '12 at 09:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '12 at 09:24

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As deceze said there is no possiblity of this. But you can get location information from timezone. as php.net says

$tz = new DateTimeZone("Europe/Prague"); 
print_r($tz->getLocation());
print_r(timezone_location_get($tz));

will output

Array
(
 [country_code] => CZ
 [latitude] => 50.08333
 [longitude] => 14.43333
 [comments] => 
)
Array
(
 [country_code] => CZ
 [latitude] => 50.08333
 [longitude] => 14.43333
 [comments] => 
)

answered Nov 02 '12 at 09:24

Awais Qarni

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this is a good hint - as I have a language-code I can construct the locale out of languagecode and locationinformation, thx – casa Nov 02 '12 at 11:47
@casa I was also hoping this.. that from location it can be done. :-) – Awais Qarni Nov 02 '12 at 12:18
@casa How is the location any more helpful in this? Belgium... three languages...? – deceze Nov 02 '12 at 17:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '12 at 09:18

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No, because there's no such 1:1 correlation. Take Belgium for example, where they officially speak three languages in the same timezone.

answered Nov 02 '12 at 09:18

deceze

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Retrieving locale out of timezone_identifier -php

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