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<h1 class="refname">Normalizer::normalize</h1>
<h1 class="refname">normalizer_normalize</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Normalizer::normalize</span> -- <span class="refname">normalizer_normalize</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-normalizer.normalize-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>Normalizer::normalize</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$input</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$form</code><span class="initializer"> = Normalizer::FORM_C</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>normalizer_normalize</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$input</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$form</code><span class="initializer"> = Normalizer::FORM_C</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-normalizer.normalize-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">input</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The input string to normalize</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">form</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">One of the normalization forms.</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-normalizer.normalize-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">The normalized string or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> if an error occurred.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-normalizer.normalize-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-2569">
<p><strong>Example #1
<span class="function"><strong>normalizer_normalize()</strong></span> example
</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$char_A_ring </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\xC3\x85"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_combining_ring_above </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\xCC\x8A"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)<br /> <br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">normalizer_normalize</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_A_ring</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FORM_C </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">normalizer_normalize</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'A' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_combining_ring_above</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FORM_C </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> <br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">urlencode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">' '</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">urlencode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example" id="example-2570">
<p><strong>Example #2 OO example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$char_A_ring </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\xC3\x85"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_combining_ring_above </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\xCC\x8A"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)<br /> <br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">normalize</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_A_ring</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FORM_C </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">normalize</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'A' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_combining_ring_above</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Normalizer</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FORM_C </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> <br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">urlencode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">' '</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">urlencode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char_2</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
%C3%85 %C3%85
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-normalizer.normalize-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="normalizer.isnormalized.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">normalizer_is_normalized()</a> - Checks if the provided string is already in the specified normalization
form.</span></li>
</ul>
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