Regional String Functions

Regional String Functions
convert_cyr_string()
string convert_cyr_string(string $sConvert, string $sFromCharSet, string $sToCharSet)
This function returns a string version of $sConvert with the Cyrillic character of the set $sFromCharSet replaced with the characters of $sToCharSet. The supported character sets are as follows a - x-cp866 d - x-cp866 i - iso8859-5 k - koi8-r m - x-mac-cyrillic w - windows-1251
Argument	Description
string $sConvert	This is the initial string that is to be converted.
string $sFromCharSet	This is the initial character set of $sConvert. It is designated by a single letter in the list above.
string $sConvert	This is the character set of returned string. It is designated by a single letter in the list above.
hebrev()
string hebrev(string $sHebrew, int $iMaxCharsPerLine = 0)
This function returns a string version of visual corverted from the logical Hebrew text string $sHebrew.
Argument	Description
string $sHebrew	This is the initial Hebrew string that is to be converted.
int $iMaxCharsPerLine	This is the maximum characters per line.
hebrevc()
string hebrevc(string $sHebrew, int $iMaxCharsPerLine = 0)
This function returns a string version of visual corverted from the logical Hebrew text string $sHebrew. It is the same as hebrev(), except that '\n' is converted to ' '.
Argument	Description
string $sHebrew	This is the initial Hebrew string that is to be converted.
int $iMaxCharsPerLine	This is the maximum characters per line.
localeconv()
array localeconv()
This function returns an array of information on localized monetary and numeric formatting. The associate array elements are as follows: currency_symbol - The character representing the currency symbol decimal_point - The character representing a radix or decimal point frac_digits - The local fractional digits grouping - An array containing numeric groupings int_curr_symbol - The international currency symbol (USD) int_frac_digits - The international fractional digits mon_decimal_point - The monetary decimal point character mon_grouping - An array containing monetart groupings mon_thousands_sep - The monetary thousands separator character n_cs_precedes - TRUE if the currency symbol precedes the negative value n_sep_by_space - TRUE if a space separates the currecny symbol from the negative value n_sign_posn 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol 1 - The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol 2 - The sign string succeeds the quantity and currency_symbol 3 - The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol 4 - The sign string immediately succeeds the currency_symbol negative_sign - The sign character for negative values p_cs_precedes - TRUE if the currency symbol precedes the positive value p_sep_by_space - TRUE if a space separates the currecny symbol from the positive value p_sign_posn 0 - Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol 1 - The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol 2 - The sign string succeeds the quantity and currency_symbol 3 - The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol 4 - The sign string immediately succeeds the currency_symbol positive_sign - The sign character for positive values thousands_sep - The character that is used as a separator in for the thousands place and at every third decimal place.
money_format()
string money_format(string $sFormat, double $dValue)
This function returns a monetarily formatted version of $dValue.
Argument	Description
string $sFormat	This is the format specification.
double $dValue	This is the value that will be formatted.
nl_langinfo()
string nl_langinfo(ing $iItem)
This function returns a specific element of the locale.
Argument	Description
ing $iItem	This is the item that is to be returned.
number_format()
string number_format(float $fValue, int $iAfterRadix = 0, string $sRadix = ".", string $sThousands = ",")
This function returns the string corresponding to $fValue with $iAfterRadix digits after the decimal or radix point. The number is fomatted with the string $sRadix as decimal or radix point and the string $sThousands after the thousands digit.
Argument	Description
float $fValue	This is the value that is to be represented.
int $iAfterRadix	This is number of digits that are to be displayed after the decimal point.
string $sRadix	This is the string that will represent the decimal or radix point. Some countries use a different character, instead of the period.
string $sThousands	This is the string that will represent the separator for every thousand multiple. Some countries use a different character, instead of the comma.
setlocale()
string setlocale(ing $iCategory, various $xLocale)
This function returns the specific, requested locale.
Argument	Description
ing $iCategory	This is the category of functions that are affected by the locale.
various $xLocale	This is an array or a string that specifies a locale.