(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Locale::getPrimaryLanguage -- locale_get_primary_language — Gets the primary language for the input locale
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Gets the primary language for the input locale
The locale to extract the primary language code from
The language code associated with the language or NULL in case of error.
Example #1 locale_get_primary_language() example
<?php
echo locale_get_primary_language('zh-Hant');
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
echo Locale::getPrimaryLanguage('zh-Hant');
?>
The above example will output:
zh