PHP | IntlChar charDirection() Function
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27 Aug, 2019
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The IntlChar::charDirection() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the bidirectional category value for a code point. It returns the bidirectional category value for the code point, which is used in the Unicode bidirectional algorithm.
Syntax:
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int IntlChar::charDirection ( $codepoint )Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $codepoint which is mandatory. The $codepoint value is an integer values or character, which is encoded as a UTF-8 string. Return Value: This function returns the bidirectional category value which are listed below:
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_ARABIC_NUMBER
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BLOCK_SEPARATOR
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_WHITE_SPACE_NEUTRAL
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_OTHER_NEUTRAL
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_DIR_NON_SPACING_MARK
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_FIRST_STRONG_ISOLATE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ISOLATE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ISOLATE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_POP_DIRECTIONAL_ISOLATE
- IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_CHAR_DIRECTION_COUNT
<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charDirection()
// function
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("A") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
// Input data is unicode character
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("\u{05E9}") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("+") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR);
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection(".") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR);
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("ABC") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("c") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("O") ===
IntlChar::CHAR_DIRECTION_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
?>
Output:
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<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::charDirection()
// function
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("A"));
// Input data is unicode character
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("\u{05E9}"));
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("+"));
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("."));
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("ABC"));
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("c"));
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::charDirection("O"));
?>
Output:
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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/intlchar.chardirection.php
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