(PHP 7)
Retrieve the name of a Unicode character
public static string IntlChar::charName ( mixed $codepoint [, int $nameChoice = IntlChar::UNICODE_CHAR_NAME ] )
Retrieves the name of a Unicode character.
Depending on nameChoice
, the resulting character name is the "modern" name or the name that was defined in Unicode version 1.0. The name contains only "invariant" characters like A-Z, 0-9, space, and '-'. Unicode 1.0 names are only retrieved if they are different from the modern names and if ICU contains the data for them.
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}")
nameChoice
Which set of names to use for the lookup. Can be any of these constants:
-
IntlChar::UNICODE_CHAR_NAME
(default) IntlChar::UNICODE_10_CHAR_NAME
IntlChar::EXTENDED_CHAR_NAME
IntlChar::CHAR_NAME_ALIAS
IntlChar::CHAR_NAME_CHOICE_COUNT
Returns:
The corresponding name, or an empty string if there is no name for this character.
Examples:
Testing different code points
<?php var_dump(IntlChar::charName(".")); var_dump(IntlChar::charName(".", IntlChar::UNICODE_CHAR_NAME)); var_dump(IntlChar::charName("\u{2603}")); var_dump(IntlChar::charName("\u{0000}")); ?>
The above example will output:
string(9) "FULL STOP" string(9) "FULL STOP" string(7) "SNOWMAN" string(0) ""
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