grapheme_extract

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

Function to extract a sequence of default grapheme clusters from a text buffer, which must be encoded in UTF-8.

string grapheme_extract ( string $haystack, int $size [, int $extract_type [, int $start = 0 [, int &$next ]]] )

Procedural style

Function to extract a sequence of default grapheme clusters from a text buffer, which must be encoded in UTF-8.

Parameters:

haystack

String to search.

size

Maximum number items - based on the $extract_type - to return.

extract_type

Defines the type of units referred to by the $size parameter:

GRAPHEME_EXTR_COUNT (default) - $size is the number of default grapheme clusters to extract.
GRAPHEME_EXTR_MAXBYTES - $size is the maximum number of bytes returned.
GRAPHEME_EXTR_MAXCHARS - $size is the maximum number of UTF-8 characters returned.

start

Starting position in $haystack in bytes - if given, it must be zero or a positive value that is less than or equal to the length of $haystack in bytes. If $start does not point to the first byte of a UTF-8 character, the start position is moved to the next character boundary.

Reference to a value that will be set to the next starting position. When the call returns, this may point to the first byte position past the end of the string.

Returns:

A string starting at offset $start and ending on a default grapheme cluster boundary that conforms to the $size and $extract_type specified.

Examples:

grapheme_extract() example

<?php

$char_a_ring_nfd = "a\xCC\x8A";  // 'LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00E5) normalization form "D"
$char_o_diaeresis_nfd = "o\xCC\x88"; // 'LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS' (U+00F6) normalization form "D"

print urlencode(grapheme_extract( $char_a_ring_nfd . $char_o_diaeresis_nfd, 1, GRAPHEME_EXTR_COUNT, 2));

?>