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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