IntlChar::ord

Return Unicode code point value of character

Description

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

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)

See Also

  • IntlChar::isalnum
  • IntlChar::isdigit
  • IntlChar::chr
  • ord