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The IntlChar::charDirection() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the bidirectional category value for a code point. It returns the bidirectional category value for the code point, which is used in the Unicode bidirectional algorithm. Syntax:
int IntlChar::charDirection ( $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 bidirectional category value which are listed below:
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_ARABIC_NUMBER
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BLOCK_SEPARATOR
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_WHITE_SPACE_NEUTRAL
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_OTHER_NEUTRAL
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_DIR_NON_SPACING_MARK
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_FIRST_STRONG_ISOLATE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ISOLATE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ISOLATE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_ISOLATE
  • IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_CHAR_DIRECTION_COUNT
Below programs illustrate the IntlChar::charDirection() function in PHP: Program 1: PHP
<?php

// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charDirection()
// function

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("A") === 
           IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);

// Input data is unicode character
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("\u{05E9}") === 
           IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("+") === 
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR);

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection(".") === 
  IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR);

// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("ABC") === 
            IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("c") === 
            IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("O") === 
            IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
?>
Output:
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(true)
Program 2: php
<?php

// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charDirection()
// function

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("A"));

// Input data is unicode character
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("\u{05E9}"));

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("+"));

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("."));

// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("ABC"));

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("c"));

// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("O"));
?>
Output:
int(0)
int(1)
int(3)
int(6)
NULL
int(0)
int(0)
Related Articles: Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/intlchar.chardirection.php

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