Normalizer::normalize

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

public static string Normalizer::normalize ( string $input [, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C ] )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

string normalizer_normalize ( string $input [, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C ] )

Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

Parameters:

input

The input string to normalize

form

One of the normalization forms.

Returns:

The normalized string or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples:

normalizer_normalize() example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_1 = normalizer_normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
$char_2 = normalizer_normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo urlencode($char_1);
echo ' ';
echo urlencode($char_2);
?>

OO example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_1 = Normalizer::normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
$char_2 = Normalizer::normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo urlencode($char_1);
echo ' ';
echo urlencode($char_2);
?>