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    IntlChar::chr

    (PHP 7)

    IntlChar::chr — Return Unicode character by code point value

    Description

    public static string IntlChar::chr ( mixed $codepoint )

    Returns a string containing the character specified by the Unicode code point value.

    This function compliments IntlChar::ord().

    Parameters

    codepoint

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

    Return Values

    A string containing the single character specified by the Unicode code point value.

    Examples

    Example #1 Testing different code points

    <?php
    $values     = ["A", 63, 123, 9731];
    foreach (    $values as $value) {
            var_dump(IntlChar::chr($value));
    }
    ?>

    The above example will output:

    string(1) "A"
string(1) "A"
string(1) "{"
string(3) "☃"

    See Also

    • IntlChar::ord() - Return Unicode code point value of character
    • chr() - Return a specific character

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