IntlChar::getBlockCode
(PHP 7, PHP 8)
IntlChar::getBlockCode — Get the Unicode allocation block containing a code point
Description
$codepoint
): ?intReturns 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"
)
Return Values
Returns the block value for codepoint
.
See the IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_*
constants for possible return values. Returns null
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Testing different code points
<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("A") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_BASIC_LATIN);
var_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("Φ") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_GREEK);
var_dump(IntlChar::getBlockCode("\u") === IntlChar::BLOCK_CODE_MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS);
?>
The above example will output:
bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)