IntlChar::isbase
(PHP 7, PHP 8)
IntlChar::isbase — Check if code point is a base character
Description
$codepoint): ?bool
Determines whether the specified code point is a base character. true for general categories "L" (letters),
"N" (numbers), "Mc" (spacing combining marks), and "Me" (enclosing marks).
Note:
This is different from the Unicode definition in chapter 3.5, conformance clause D13, which defines base characters to be all characters (not Cn) that do not graphically combine with preceding characters (M) and that are neither control (Cc) or format (Cf) characters.
Parameters
-
codepoint -
The int codepoint value (e.g.
0x2603for U+2603 SNOWMAN), or the character encoded as a UTF-8 string (e.g."\u")
Return Values
Returns true if
codepoint is a base character, false if not. Returns null on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Testing different code points
<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("1"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("\u"));
?>
The above example will output:
bool(true) bool(true) bool(false)
See Also
- IntlChar::isalpha() - Check if code point is a letter character
- IntlChar::isdigit() - Check if code point is a digit character
