Php/docs/intlchar.getblockcode

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IntlChar::getBlockCode

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::getBlockCode — Get the Unicode allocation block containing a code point

Description

public static IntlChar::getBlockCode ( mixed $codepoint ) : int

Returns the Unicode allocation block that contains the character.

Parameters

codepoint

The int codepoint value (e.g. 0x2603 for U+2603 SNOWMAN), or the character encoded as a UTF-8 string (e.g. "\u{2603}")

Return Values

Returns the block value for codepoint. See the IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_* constants for possible return values.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?phpvar_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("A") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_BASIC_LATIN);var_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("Φ") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_GREEK);var_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("\u{2603}") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS);?>

The above example will output:

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