The Symfony/Intl is a PHP library that provides a way to utilize the localization data from the ICU library. It simplifies the process of internationalizing your PHP applications, by granting you access to locale-related info like days of the weeks, calendar formats, country names and more - all in a language and format suitable for different regions.
To use the Symfony/Intl package in your PHP project, you'd first need to install it via Composer. Use the command composer require symfony/intl in your terminal to do so.
After installing Symfony/Intl, you can utilize its classes to get localized data. Here is a simple usage example:
use Symfony\Component\Intl\Countries;
// displays 'United States' if run in the 'en' locale
echo Countries::getName('US');
use Symfony\Component\Intl\Currencies;
// displays '$' if run in the 'en' locale
echo Currencies::getSymbol('USD');
The above PHP code snippets call the getName and getSymbol methods from Countries and Currencies classes respectively, to retrieve localized country name and currency symbol.
You can find the documentation for Symfony/Intl on the Symfony's official website at Symfony Documentation. It provides you detailed explanation and full usage examples of how you can use the package and take full advantage of ICU's localization capabilities in your PHP projects.
