diff --git a/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-get-default.xml b/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-get-default.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.i18n-loc-get-default">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>i18n_loc_get_default</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Get the default Locale</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>string</type><methodname>i18n_loc_get_default</methodname>
+   <void/>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   This function returns the default Locale, which is used by PHP to localize
+   certain features. Please note that this isn't influenced by
+   <function>setlocale</function> or the system settings.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns a <type>string</type> with the current Locale.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>i18n_loc_get_default</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+// get the default Locale
+echo i18n_loc_get_default();
+
+//set a new Locale...
+i18n_loc_set_default('pt_PT');
+
+// ... and print it
+echo i18n_loc_get_default();
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+en_US_POSIX
+pt_PT
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>i18n_loc_set_default</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
diff --git a/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-set-default.xml b/reference/unicode/functions/i18n-loc-set-default.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.i18n-loc-set-default">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>i18n_loc_set_default</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Set the default Locale</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>bool</type><methodname>i18n_loc_set_default</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Sets the default Locale for PHP programs. Please note that this has nothing
+   to do with <function>setlocale</function> nor with the system locale.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       The new Locale name. A comprehensive list of the supported locales is
+       available at <ulink url="&url.icu.locales;"/>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   &return.success;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>i18n_loc_set_default</function> example</title>
+    <para>
+     This example demonstrates a possible usage of
+     <function>i18n_loc_set_default</function> to localize the
+     <function>sort</function> functions.
+    </para>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+// the list of the strings to sort
+$array = array(
+    'caramelo',
+    'cacto',
+    'caçada'
+);
+
+// set our locale (Portuguese, in this case)
+i18n_loc_set_default('pt_PT');
+
+// sort using the locale we previously set
+sort($array, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);
+
+print_r($array);
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Array
+(
+    [0] => caçada
+    [1] => cacto
+    [2] => caramelo
+)
+]]>
+    </screen>
+    <para>
+     If we didn't use the locale, PHP would sort the string using the ASCII
+     characters value, thus returning (wrongly):
+    </para>
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Array
+(
+    [0] => cacto
+    [1] => caramelo
+    [2] => caçada
+)
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>i18n_loc_get_default</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->