IntlChar::isprint

(PHP 7)

Check if code point is a printable character

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

Determines whether the specified code point is a printable character.

TRUE for general categories other than "C" (controls).

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 printable character, FALSE if not.

Examples:

Testing different code points

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::isprint("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isprint(" "));
var_dump(IntlChar::isprint("\n"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isprint("\u{200e}"));
?>

The above example will output:

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