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IntlChar::ord

IntlChar::ord

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::ord — Return Unicode code point value of character

Description

public static int IntlChar::ord ( mixed $character )

Returns the Unicode code point value of the given character.

This function compliments IntlChar::chr().

Parameters

character

A Unicode character.

Return Values

Returns the Unicode code point value as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php var_dump(IntlChar::ord("A") var_dump(IntlChar::ord(" ") var_dump(IntlChar::ord("\u{2603}") ?>

The above example will output:

int(65) int(32) int(9731)

See Also

  • IntlChar::isalnum() - Check if code point is an alphanumeric character

  • IntlChar::isdigit() - Check if code point is a digit character

  • IntlChar::chr() - Return Unicode character by code point value

  • ord() - Return ASCII value of character

← IntlChar::isxdigit

IntlChar::tolower →

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