IntlChar::getPropertyEnum

IntlChar::getPropertyEnum

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::getPropertyEnum — Get the property constant value for a given property name

Description

public static int IntlChar::getPropertyEnum ( string $alias )

Returns the property constant value for a given property name, as specified in the Unicode database file PropertyAliases.txt. Short, long, and any other variants are recognized.

In addition, this function maps the synthetic names "gcm" / "General_Category_Mask" to the property IntlChar::PROPERTY_GENERAL_CATEGORY_MASK. These names are not in PropertyAliases.txt.

This function compliments IntlChar::getPropertyName().

Parameters

alias

The property name to be matched. The name is compared using "loose matching" as described in PropertyAliases.txt.

Return Values

Returns an _IntlChar::PROPERTY__ constant value, or IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE if the given name does not match any property.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different properties

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Bidi_Class') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_BIDI_CLASS
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('script') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_SCRIPT
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('IDEOGRAPHIC') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_IDEOGRAPHIC
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Some made-up string') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE
?>

​

The above example will output:

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

​

See Also

• IntlChar::getPropertyName() - Get the Unicode name for a property

← IntlChar::getNumericValue

IntlChar::getPropertyName →

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