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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)
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