PHP IntlChar::isbase() Function
PHP IntlChar::isbase() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to check whether the given input data is a base character or not. If the specified code point is a base character then it returns TRUE for general categories "L" (Letters), "N" (numbers), "Mc" (spacing combining marks), and "Me" (enclosing marks).
Syntax:
bool IntlChar::isbase( $codepoint )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $codepoint which is mandatory. The input parameter is an integer or character, which is encoded as a UTF-8 string.
Return Value: If $codepoint is the base character then it returns TRUE, otherwise return FALSE.
Examples:
Input :(IntlChar::isbase("D"))
Output : bool(true)
Input : (IntlChar::isbase("*"))
Output : bool(false)
Input :(IntlChar::isbase("9"));
Output :bool(true)
Below examples illustrate the IntlChar::isbase() Function in PHP:
Example 1:
<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::isbase()
// Function
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("D"));
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("Geeksforgeeks"));
// Input data is integer type
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("234"));
// Input data is special character type
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("*"));
?>
Output:
bool(true) NULL NULL bool(false)
Example 2:
<?php
//PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::isbase()
// Declare an array $arr
$arr = array("4", "20001111", "^", " ", "*", "GeeksforGeeks");
// Loop run for every array element
foreach ($arr as $val){
// Check each element as code point data
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase($val));
}
?>
Output:
bool(true) NULL bool(false) NULL bool(false) NULL
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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/intlchar.isbase.php
