IntlChar::getPropertyEnum

Get the property constant value for a given property name

Description

public static int IntlChar::getPropertyEnum(string $alias)

Returns the property constant value for a given property name, as specified in the Unicode database file PropertyAliases.txt. Short, long, and any other variants are recognized.

In addition, this function maps the synthetic names "gcm" / "General_Category_Mask" to the property IntlChar::PROPERTY_GENERAL_CATEGORY_MASK. These names are not in PropertyAliases.txt.

This function complements IntlChar::getPropertyName.

Parameters

alias

The property name to be matched. The name is compared using "loose matching" as described in PropertyAliases.txt.

Return Values

Returns an IntlChar::PROPERTY_ constant value, or IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE if the given name does not match any property.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different properties

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Bidi_Class') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_BIDI_CLASS);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('script') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_SCRIPT);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('IDEOGRAPHIC') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_IDEOGRAPHIC);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Some made-up string') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE);
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)

See Also

  • IntlChar::getPropertyName