Gets the default locale value from the INTL global 'default_locale'

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# Locale::getDefault

# locale_get_default

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Locale::getDefault -- locale_get_default — Gets the default locale value from the INTL global 'default_locale'

### Description

Object-oriented style

public static Locale::getDefault(): string

Procedural style

locale_get_default(): string

Gets the default locale value. At the PHP initialization this value is set to 'intl.default_locale' value from php.ini if that value exists or from ICU's function uloc_getDefault().

### Parameters

### Return Values

The current runtime locale

### Examples

Example #1 locale_get_default() example

    <?phpini_set('intl.default_locale', 'de-DE');echo locale_get_default();echo '; ';locale_set_default('fr');echo locale_get_default();?>

Example #2 OO example

    <?phpini_set('intl.default_locale', 'de-DE');echo Locale::getDefault();echo '; ';Locale::setDefault('fr');echo Locale::getDefault();?>

The above example will output:

    de-DE; fr

### See Also

- locale_set_default() - Sets the default runtime locale