IntlChar::ord

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::ord — Return Unicode code point value of character

Description

public static IntlChar::ord ( mixed $character ) : int

Returns the Unicode code point value of the given character.

This function compliments IntlChar::chr().

Parameters

character

A Unicode character.

Return Values

Returns the Unicode code point value as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::ord(" "));
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("\u{2603}"));
?>

The above example will output:

int(65)
int(32)
int(9731)

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