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Text_LanguageDetect_ISO639

Provides a mapping between the languages from lang.dat and the ISO 639-1 and ISO-639-2 codes.

Note that this class contains only languages that exist in lang.dat.

  • Full name: \Text_LanguageDetect_ISO639

See Also:

  • http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php -

Properties

nameToCode2

Maps all language names from the language database to the ISO 639-1 2-letter language code.

public static array $nameToCode2

NULL indicates that there is no 2-letter code.

  • This property is static.

nameToCode3

Maps all language names from the language database to the ISO 639-2 3-letter language code.

public static array $nameToCode3
  • This property is static.

code2ToName

Maps ISO 639-1 2-letter language codes to the language names in the language database

public static array $code2ToName

Not all languages have a 2 letter code, so some are missing

  • This property is static.

code3ToName

Maps ISO 639-2 3-letter language codes to the language names in the language database.

public static array $code3ToName
  • This property is static.

Methods

nameToCode2

Returns the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code for the given language name.

public static nameToCode2(string $lang): string
  • This method is static.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$lang string English language name like "swedish"

Return Value:

Two-letter language code (e.g. "sv") or NULL if not found

nameToCode3

Returns the 3-letter ISO 639-2 code for the given language name.

public static nameToCode3(string $lang): string
  • This method is static.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$lang string English language name like "swedish"

Return Value:

Three-letter language code (e.g. "swe") or NULL if not found

code2ToName

Returns the language name for the given 2-letter ISO 639-1 code.

public static code2ToName(string $code): string
  • This method is static.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$code string Two-letter language code (e.g. "sv")

Return Value:

English language name like "swedish"

code3ToName

Returns the language name for the given 3-letter ISO 639-2 code.

public static code3ToName(string $code): string
  • This method is static.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$code string Three-letter language code (e.g. "swe")

Return Value:

English language name like "swedish"

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