Is it possible to detect windows "Regional and Language Settings" in a PHP app?

[php_dev_101]

Hi all,

 

In the .NET world a web application can be displayed in a users language by detecting their "Regional and Language Settings" on their Windows OS and then using this to localize the content. Is this possible in a PHP/Javascript application?

 

I couldn't find any way to do this online. Any thoughts?

 

PHP Dev

[Mark Baker]

It's perfectly possible to read regional and language settings using javascript when the browser is running on a Windows client, and to pass that information to a PHP script. http://browserspy.dk/ shows just how much information can be retrieved using javascript

 

[andyd34]

try this

 

$local = $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'];

$local = split("-", $local);

$language = $local[0];

$location = $local[1];

 

echo "Browser language is $language and your location is $location ";