IntlChar::chr

Return Unicode character by code point value

Description

public static string IntlChar::chr ( mixed $codepoint )

Returns a string containing the character specified by the Unicode code point value.

This function compliments IntlChar::ord.

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}")

Return Values

A string containing the single character specified by the Unicode code point value.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php
$values 
= ["A"631239731];
foreach (
$values as $value) {
    
var_dump(IntlChar::chr($value));
}
?>

The above example will output:

string(1) "A"
string(1) "A"
string(1) "{"
string(3) "☃"

See Also

  • IntlChar::ord
  • chr