IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar

(PHP 7)

Check if code point is a space character according to Java

public static bool IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar ( mixed $codepoint )

Determine if the specified code point is a space character according to Java.

TRUE for characters with general categories "Z" (separators), which does not include control codes (e.g., TAB or Line Feed).

Parameters:

codepoint

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

Returns:

Returns TRUE if codepoint is a space character according to Java, FALSE if not.

Examples:

Testing different code points

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar(" "));
var_dump(IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar("\n"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar("\t"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isJavaSpaceChar("\u{00A0}"));
?>

The above example will output:

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