IntlChar
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IntlChar::isUAlphabetic

Check if code point has the Alphabetic Unicode property

Description

public static boolnull IntlChar::isUAlphabetic(intstring $codepoint)

Check if a code point has the Alphabetic Unicode property.

This is the same as IntlChar::hasBinaryProperty($codepoint, IntlChar::PROPERTY_ALPHABETIC)

Parameters

codepoint

The int codepoint value (e.g. 0x2603 for U+2603 SNOWMAN), or the character encoded as a UTF-8 string (e.g. "\u{2603}")

Return Values

Returns true if codepoint has the Alphabetic Unicode property, false if not. Returns null on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::isUAlphabetic("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isUAlphabetic("1"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isUAlphabetic("\u{2603}"));
?>

The above example will output:

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

See Also

  • IntlChar::isalpha
  • IntlChar::hasBinaryProperty
  • IntlChar::PROPERTY_ALPHABETIC