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# Locale::filterMatches

# locale_filter_matches

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Locale::filterMatches -- locale_filter_matches — Checks if a language tag filter matches with locale

### Description

Object oriented style

static bool Locale::filterMatches ( string `$langtag` , string `$locale` )

Procedural style

bool locale_filter_matches ( string `$langtag` , string `$locale` )

Checks if a $langtag filter matches with $locale according to RFC 4647's basic filtering algorithm

### Parameters

`langtag`

  The language tag to check

`locale`

  The language range to check against

### Return Values

`TRUE` if $locale matches $langtag `FALSE` otherwise.

### Examples

Example #1 locale_filter_matches() example

`<?php
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DEVA','de-DE')) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (locale_filter_matches('de-DE_1996','de-DE')) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
echo (Locale::filter_matches('de-DEVA','de-DE')) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
echo '; ';
echo (Locale::filter_matches('de-DE-1996','de-DE')) ? "Matches" : "Does not match";
?>`

The above example will output:

    Does not match; Matches

### See Also

- locale_lookup()

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