PHP | IntlChar charType() Function

Last Updated : 27 Aug, 2019

The IntlChar::charType() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the general category value for a code point. This function returns the general category value for the code point.

Syntax:

int IntlChar::charType ( $codepoint )

Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $codepoint which is mandatory. The $codepoint value is an integer values or character, which is encoded as a UTF-8 string.

Return Value: This function returns the general category content which are listed below:

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

Below programs illustrate the IntlChar::charType() function in PHP:

Program 1:

<?php 
  
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charType() 
// function 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("A") ===  
  IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType(".") ===  
 IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\t") ===  
      IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR); 
  
// Input data is unicode character 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\u{2603}") ===  
      IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL); 
  
// Input data is string type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("ABC") ===  
 IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\n") ===  
      IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR); 
?> 

Output:

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

Program 2:

<?php 
  
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charType() 
// function 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("A")); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType(".")); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\t")); 
  
// Input data is unicode character 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\u{2603}")); 
  
// Input data is string type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("ABC")); 
  
// Input data is character type 
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\n")); 
?> 

Output:

int(1)
int(23)
int(15)
int(27)
NULL
int(15)

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