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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Collator::create</refname>
  <refname>collator_create</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create a collator</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>&style.oop;</para>
  <methodsynopsis role="Collator">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <modifier>static</modifier> <type class="union"><type>Collator</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>Collator::create</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>locale</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   &style.procedural;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>Collator</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>collator_create</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>locale</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>locale</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The locale containing the required collation rules. Special values for
       locales can be passed in - if an empty &string; is passed for the locale, the
       default locale collation rules will be used. If
       <literal>"root"</literal> is passed, <link xlink:href="&url.icu.uca;">UCA</link> rules will be used.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Return new instance of <classname>Collator</classname> object, or &null;
   on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>collator_create</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );

if( !isset( $coll ) ) {
    printf( "Collator creation failed: %s\n", intl_get_error_message() );
    exit( 1 );
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>Collator::__construct</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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