IntlChar::charType
(PHP 7)
IntlChar::charType — Get the general category value for a code point
Description
Returns the general category value for the code point.
Parameters
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)
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