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<h1 class="refname">IntlChar::charType</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">IntlChar::charType</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the general category value for a code point</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="modifier">static</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>IntlChar::charType</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$codepoint</code></span>
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Returns the general category value for the code point.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">codepoint</code></dt>
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<p class="para">The <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span> codepoint value (e.g. <em>0x2603</em> for <em class="emphasis">U+2603 SNOWMAN</em>), or the character encoded as a UTF-8 <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> (e.g. <em>"\u{2603}"</em>)</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-intlchar.chartype-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the general category type, which may be one of the following constants:
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<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UNASSIGNED</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_GENERAL_OTHER_TYPES</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LOWERCASE_LETTER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_TITLECASE_LETTER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_LETTER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_LETTER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_NON_SPACING_MARK</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_ENCLOSING_MARK</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_COMBINING_SPACING_MARK</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LETTER_NUMBER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_NUMBER</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SPACE_SEPARATOR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LINE_SEPARATOR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FORMAT_CHAR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PRIVATE_USE_CHAR</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SURROGATE</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DASH_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_START_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_END_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MATH_SYMBOL</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CURRENCY_SYMBOL</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_SYMBOL</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_INITIAL_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FINAL_PUNCTUATION</code></strong></li>
<li class="member"><strong><code>IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CHAR_CATEGORY_COUNT</code></strong></li>
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Testing different code points</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">charType</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"A"</span><span style="color: #007700">) === </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">charType</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"."</span><span style="color: #007700">) === </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">charType</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\t"</span><span style="color: #007700">) === </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">charType</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\u{2603}"</span><span style="color: #007700">) === </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlChar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
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