How to recognize user language in PHP

Question

Is there any way to parse the HTTP_USER_AGENT to get the current user language ?

Answer 1

Try:

$lang = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], 0, 2);
echo $lang;

Answer 2

You may want to try HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE in the $_SERVER superglobal.

Take a look at http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php for more information.

This will return a value like 'en-us' which you can then break down as needed.