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IntlChar::charDirection

IntlChar::charDirection

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::charDirection — Get bidirectional category value for a code point

Description

public static int IntlChar::charDirection ( mixed $codepoint )

Returns the bidirectional category value for the code point, which is used in the » Unicode bidirectional algorithm (UAX #9).

Note: Some unassigned code points have bidi values of R or AL because they are in blocks that are reserved for Right-To-Left scripts.

Parameters

codepoint

The integer codepoint value (e.g. 0x2603 for U+2603 SNOWMAN), or the character encoded as a UTF-8 string (e.g. "\u{2603}")

Return Values

The bidirectional category value; one of the following constants:

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_ARABIC_NUMBER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BLOCK_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_WHITE_SPACE_NEUTRAL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_OTHER_NEUTRAL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_DIR_NON_SPACING_MARK

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_FIRST_STRONG_ISOLATE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ISOLATE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ISOLATE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_ISOLATE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_CHAR_DIRECTION_COUNT

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("A") === IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("\u{05E9}") === IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("+") === IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection(".") === IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR ?>

The above example will output:

bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)

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