# nl_langinfo

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

nl_langinfo — Query language and locale information

### Description

string nl_langinfo ( int `$item` )

nl_langinfo() is used to access individual elements of the locale categories. Unlike localeconv(), which returns all of the elements, nl_langinfo() allows you to select any specific element.

### Parameters

`item`

  `item` may be an integer value of the element or the constant name of the element. The following is a list of constant names for `item` that may be used and their description. Some of these constants may not be defined or hold no value for certain locales.

  nl_langinfo Constants
  Constant | Description
  --- | ---
  LC_TIME Category Constants
  ABDAY_(1-7) | Abbreviated name of n-th day of the week.
  DAY_(1-7) | Name of the n-th day of the week (DAY_1 = Sunday).
  ABMON_(1-12) | Abbreviated name of the n-th month of the year.
  MON_(1-12) | Name of the n-th month of the year.
  AM_STR | String for Ante meridian.
  PM_STR | String for Post meridian.
  D_T_FMT | String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time and date.
  D_FMT | String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent date.
  T_FMT | String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time.
  T_FMT_AMPM | String that can be used as the format string for strftime() to represent time in 12-hour format with ante/post meridian.
  ERA | Alternate era.
  ERA_YEAR | Year in alternate era format.
  ERA_D_T_FMT | Date and time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()).
  ERA_D_FMT | Date in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()).
  ERA_T_FMT | Time in alternate era format (string can be used in strftime()).
  LC_MONETARY Category Constants
  INT_CURR_SYMBOL | International currency symbol.
  CURRENCY_SYMBOL | Local currency symbol.
  CRNCYSTR | Same value as CURRENCY_SYMBOL.
  MON_DECIMAL_POINT | Decimal point character.
  MON_THOUSANDS_SEP | Thousands separator (groups of three digits).
  MON_GROUPING | Like 'grouping' element.
  POSITIVE_SIGN | Sign for positive values.
  NEGATIVE_SIGN | Sign for negative values.
  INT_FRAC_DIGITS | International fractional digits.
  FRAC_DIGITS | Local fractional digits.
  P_CS_PRECEDES | Returns 1 if CURRENCY_SYMBOL precedes a positive value.
  P_SEP_BY_SPACE | Returns 1 if a space separates CURRENCY_SYMBOL from a positive value.
  N_CS_PRECEDES | Returns 1 if CURRENCY_SYMBOL precedes a negative value.
  N_SEP_BY_SPACE | Returns 1 if a space separates CURRENCY_SYMBOL from a negative value.
  P_SIGN_POSN | Returns 0 if parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol. Returns 1 if the sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol. Returns 2 if the sign string follows the quantity and currency_symbol. Returns 3 if the sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol. Returns 4 if the sign string immediately follows the currency_symbol.
  N_SIGN_POSN
  LC_NUMERIC Category Constants
  DECIMAL_POINT | Decimal point character.
  RADIXCHAR | Same value as DECIMAL_POINT.
  THOUSANDS_SEP | Separator character for thousands (groups of three digits).
  THOUSEP | Same value as THOUSANDS_SEP.
  GROUPING |
  LC_MESSAGES Category Constants
  YESEXPR | Regex string for matching 'yes' input.
  NOEXPR | Regex string for matching 'no' input.
  YESSTR | Output string for 'yes'.
  NOSTR | Output string for 'no'.
  LC_CTYPE Category Constants
  CODESET | Return a string with the name of the character encoding.

### Return Values

Returns the element as a string, or `FALSE` if `item` is not valid.

### Notes

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

### See Also

- setlocale()
- localeconv()