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# Collator::create

# collator_create

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collator_create — Create a collator

### Description

Object oriented style

static Collator Collator::create ( string `$locale` )

Procedural style

Collator collator_create ( string `$locale` )

The strings will be compared using the options already specified.

### Parameters

`locale`

  The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for locales can be passed in - if null is passed for the locale, the default locale collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or "root" are passed, UCA rules will be used.

### Return Values

Return new instance of Collator object, or `NULL` on error.

### Examples

Example#1 collator_create() example

`<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );
if( !isset( $coll ) ) {
printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message() );
exit( 1 );
}
?>`

### See Also

- Collator::__construct()

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Collator::getAttribute
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