Normalizer::normalize

normalizer_normalize

Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

Description

Object-oriented style

public static stringfalse Normalizer::normalize(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C)

Procedural style

stringfalse normalizer_normalize(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C)

Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

Parameters

string: The input string to normalize
form: One of the normalization forms.

Return Values

The normalized string or false if an error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 normalizer_normalize example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_1 = normalizer_normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
$char_2 = normalizer_normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo urlencode($char_1);
echo ' ';
echo urlencode($char_2);
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_1 = Normalizer::normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
$char_2 = Normalizer::normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo urlencode($char_1);
echo ' ';
echo urlencode($char_2);
?>

The above example will output:

%C3%85 %C3%85