how to get store information by locale code

Question

How can get store id by locale code right now I have

$locale='en_US';

reverse of this code

Mage::getStoreConfig('general/locale/code', $storeId);

now based on this I want to get store id I could not find possible way. any suggestion?

Answer 1

I think this code will do the trick for you.

 $locale='en_US';
 $allStores = Mage::app()->getStores();
 foreach ($allStores as $_eachStoreId):

     if($locale==Mage::getStoreConfig('general/locale/code',$_eachStoreId->getStoreId())):
       $storeId=$_eachStoreId->getStoreId();
       break;
     endif;
  endforeach;
  echo $storeId;  

Answer 2

There can be same local for multiple store thats why there is no alternative of this.

$locale='en_US';
$defaultStores = Mage::app()->getStores();
foreach ($defaultStores as $_store)
{
    if($locale==Mage::getStoreConfig('general/locale/code',$_store->getStoreId()))
    {
        $storeIds[]=$_store->getStoreId(); 
        // you can use break here if want first value only
    }
}
  echo '<pre>';print_r($storeIds);die;