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IntlChar::charType

IntlChar::charType

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::charType — Get the general category value for a code point

Description

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

Returns the general category value for the code point.

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

Returns the general category type, which may be one of the following constants:

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UNASSIGNED

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_GENERAL_OTHER_TYPES

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LOWERCASE_LETTER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_TITLECASE_LETTER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_LETTER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_LETTER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_NON_SPACING_MARK

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_ENCLOSING_MARK

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_COMBINING_SPACING_MARK

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LETTER_NUMBER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_NUMBER

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SPACE_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LINE_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FORMAT_CHAR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PRIVATE_USE_CHAR

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SURROGATE

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DASH_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_START_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_END_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MATH_SYMBOL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CURRENCY_SYMBOL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_SYMBOL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_INITIAL_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FINAL_PUNCTUATION

  • IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CHAR_CATEGORY_COUNT

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php var_dump(IntlChar::charType("A") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER var_dump(IntlChar::charType(".") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\t") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\u{2603}") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL ?>

The above example will output:

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

← IntlChar::charName

IntlChar::chr →

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