PHP change locale settings? - php

Question

is there any way to edit/change the default locale setting in localeconv()?
I would like to use the the money_format function, and it works fine, but the locales for my language/region are not correct.
To be more precise, for Croatia, we use the currency symbol after the number, not before like set in local values?
Are there any ways I can edit this? Or at least manually check, change values, and send new values to setlocale()?
Working on shared hosting btw.

Answer 1

number_format() has nothing to do with currency symbols, you probably meant money_format(), but ... well - just use number_format() and append whatever currency symbol you want to the return value.

Answer 2

If anyone is interested, I made it work with my own replacement of the money_format() function.
It is basically copy-paste from here with added parameters for forceRight and noSpace
class Helper_Locales
{
public static function formatNumber($number, $isMoney=false, $forceRight=false, $noSpace=false) {
$lg = isset($lg) ? $lg : setlocale(LC_MONETARY, '0');
$ret = setLocale(LC_ALL, $lg);
setLocale(LC_TIME, 'Europe/Paris');
if ($ret===FALSE) {
echo "Language '$lg' is not supported by this system.\n";
return;
}
$LocaleConfig = localeConv();
forEach($LocaleConfig as $key => $val) $$key = $val;
// Sign specifications:
if ($number>=0) {
$sign = $positive_sign;
$sign_posn = $p_sign_posn;
$sep_by_space = $p_sep_by_space;
$cs_precedes = $p_cs_precedes;
} else {
$sign = $negative_sign;
$sign_posn = $n_sign_posn;
$sep_by_space = $n_sep_by_space;
$cs_precedes = $n_cs_precedes;
}
// Number format:
$n = number_format(abs($number), $frac_digits,
$decimal_point, $thousands_sep);
$n = str_replace(' ', ' ', $n);
switch($sign_posn) {
case 0: $n = "($n)"; break;
case 1: $n = "$sign$n"; break;
case 2: $n = "$n$sign"; break;
case 3: $n = "$sign$n"; break;
case 4: $n = "$n$sign"; break;
default: $n = "$n [error sign_posn=$sign_posn !]";
}
// Currency format:
$currency_symbol = strtolower($currency_symbol);
$m = number_format(abs($number), $frac_digits,
$mon_decimal_point, $mon_thousands_sep);
if ($sep_by_space && !$noSpace) $space = ' '; else $space = '';
if ($cs_precedes && !$forceRight) $m = "$currency_symbol$space$m";
else $m = "$m$space$currency_symbol";
$m = str_replace(' ', ' ', $m);
switch($sign_posn) {
case 0: $m = "($m)"; break;
case 1: $m = "$sign$m"; break;
case 2: $m = "$m$sign"; break;
case 3: $m = "$sign$m"; break;
case 4: $m = "$m$sign"; break;
default: $m = "$m [error sign_posn=$sign_posn !]";
}
if ($isMoney) return $m; else return $n;
}
}