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xdg/locale
==========

PHP library to work with POSIX locale identifiers.

0.1.0(3y ago)074MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Oct 12Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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xdg/locale
==========

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PHP library to work with POSIX locale identifiers.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require xdg/locale
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Constructing locale objects

[](#constructing-locale-objects)

```
use Xdg\Locale\Locale;

// from a POSIX locale identifier
$locale = Locale::of('ca_ES@valencia');
// from an IETF (BCP47) language tag
$locale = Locale::of('zh-Hans-CN');
// On Windows, windows-specific locale identifiers are accepted
$locale = Locale::of('French_France.1252');
```

### Locale matching

[](#locale-matching)

Locale matching is performed using the algorithm described in the [XDG Desktop Entry specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#idm46403733864464).

```
use Xdg\Locale\Locale;

$locale = Locale::of('fr_FR.UTF-8')
$locale->matches('fr'); // => true
$locale->matches('fr_BE'); // => false
```

Use `Locale::select()` to select the best match from a list of candidates.

```
use Xdg\Locale\Locale;

$locale = Locale::of('fr_FR.UTF-8')
$locale->select(['fr_CA', 'fr_BE', 'fr']); // => 'fr'
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1313d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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