(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Collator::create -- collator_create — Create a collator
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
locale
       The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for
       locales can be passed in - if null is passed for the locale, the
       default locale collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or
       "root" are passed, » UCA rules will be used.
      
   Return new instance of Collator object, or null
   on error.
  
Example #1 collator_create() example
<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );
if( !isset( $coll ) ) {
    printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message() );
    exit( 1 );
}
?>