PHP IntlChar::ord() Function
The IntlChar::ord() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the Unicode code point value of the given character.
Syntax:
int IntlChar::ord( $character )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $character which is mandatory. This parameter is a Unicode character.
Return Value: It returns the Unicode code point value as an integer.
Below examples illustrate the IntlChar::ord() Function in PHP:
Example 1: In this example, we will use the ord() function.
PHP
<?php // PHP function to illustrate // the use of IntlChar::ord() // Input int codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("4")); // Input character codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("B")); // Input character codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("b")); //Input int codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("2018")); // Input character codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("Geeks")); // Input symbolic codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("@")); // Input symbolic codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord("*")); // Input space codepoint value var_dump(IntlChar::ord(" ")); ?> |
Output:
int(52) int(66) int(98) NULL NULL int(64) int(42) int(32)
Example 2: In this example, we will use the ord() function.
PHP
<?php // PHP function to illustrate the // use of IntlChar::ord() // Declare an array with // different codepoint value $arr = array("X", "x", "*", "8", "0", " ", "&", ")", "99", ); // For loop condition to check // each character through function foreach ($arr as $val) { // Check each element as code point data var_dump(IntlChar::ord($val)); } ?> |
Output:
int(88) int(120) int(42) int(56) int(48) int(32) int(38) int(41) NULL
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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/intlchar.ord.php
