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IntlChar charType() function in PHP

The IntlChar charType() function is used to get the general category value for the entered value.

Syntax

int IntlChar::charType (val)

Parameters

  • val − An integer or character encoded as a UTF-8 string.

Return

The IntlChar charType()function returns the following general category content −

  • 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

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   var_dump(IntlChar::charType("n") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR);
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::charType("jkl") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION);
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::charType("r") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR);
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::charType("Z") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER);
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::charType(".") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION);
   echo "<br>";
?>

Output

The following is the output −

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