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Normalizer::normalize

Normalizer::normalize

normalizer_normalize

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Normalizer::normalize -- normalizer_normalize — Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

Description

Object oriented style

public static string Normalizer::normalize ( string $input [, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C ] )

Procedural style

string normalizer_normalize ( string $input [, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C ] )

Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

Parameters

input

The input string to normalize

form

One of the normalization forms.

Return Values

The normalized string or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 normalizer_normalize() example

<?php $char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5) $char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)   $char_1 = normalizer_normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C  $char_2 = normalizer_normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C    echo urlencode($char_1 echo ' '; echo urlencode($char_2 ?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php $char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5) $char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)   $char_1 = Normalizer::normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C  $char_2 = Normalizer::normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C    echo urlencode($char_1 echo ' '; echo urlencode($char_2 ?>

The above example will output:

%C3%85 %C3%85

See Also

  • normalizer_is_normalized() - Checks if the provided string is already in the specified normalization form.

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