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# DateFormatter::getLocale

# datefmt_get_locale

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datefmt_get_locale — Get the locale used by formatter

### Description

Object oriented style

DateFormatter
string getLocale ([ integer `$which` ] )

Procedural style

string datefmt_get_locale ( DateFormatter `$fmt` [, integer `$which` ] )

Get locale used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource

`hich`

  You can choose between valid and actual locale ( `Locale::VALID_LOCALE`, `Locale::ACTUAL_LOCALE`, respectively). The default is the actual locale.

### Return Values

the locale of this formatter or 'false' if error

### Examples

Example#1 datefmt_get_locale() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "locale of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_locale($fmt);
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
echo "locale of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_locale($fmt);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

Example#2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "locale of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getLocale();
echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "locale of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getLocale();
echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
?>`

The above example will output:

    locale of the formatter is : en
    First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
    locale of the formatter is : de
    Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00

### See Also

- datefmt_create()

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