# locale_set_default

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locale_set_default — Set the default Locale

### Description

bool locale_set_default ( string `$name` )

Sets the default Locale for PHP programs. Please note that this has nothing to do with setlocale() nor with the system locale.

### Parameters

`name`

  The new Locale name. A comprehensive list of the supported locales is available at » http://demo.icu-project.org/icu-bin/locexp.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 A locale_set_default() example

This example demonstrates a possible usage of locale_set_default() to localize the sort() functions.

`<?php
// the list of the strings to sort
$array = array(
'caramelo',
'cacto',
'caçada'
);
// set our locale (Portuguese, in this case)
locale_set_default('pt_PT');
// sort using the locale we previously set
sort($array, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);
print_r($array);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
        [0] => caçada
        [1] => cacto
        [2] => caramelo
    )

If we didn't use the locale, PHP would sort the string using the ASCII characters value, thus returning (wrongly):

    Array
    (
        [0] => cacto
        [1] => caramelo
        [2] => caçada
    )

### See Also

- locale_get_default()