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IntlChar::chr

IntlChar::chr

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::chr — Return Unicode character by code point value

Description

public static string IntlChar::chr ( mixed $codepoint )

Returns a string containing the character specified by the Unicode code point value.

This function compliments IntlChar::ord().

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

A string containing the single character specified by the Unicode code point value.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php $values = ["A", 63, 123, 9731]; foreach ($values as $value) {     var_dump(IntlChar::chr($value) } ?>

The above example will output:

string(1) "A" string(1) "?" string(1) "{" string(3) "☃"

See Also

  • IntlChar::ord() - Return Unicode code point value of character

  • chr() - Return a specific character

← IntlChar::charType

IntlChar::digit →

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