Get the general category value for a code point

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# IntlChar::charType

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::charType — Get the general category value for a code point

### Description

public static int IntlChar::charType ( mixed `$codepoint` )

Returns the general category value for the code point.

### 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

Returns the general category type, which may be one of the following constants:

- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UNASSIGNED`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_GENERAL_OTHER_TYPES`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LOWERCASE_LETTER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_TITLECASE_LETTER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_LETTER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_LETTER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_NON_SPACING_MARK`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_ENCLOSING_MARK`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_COMBINING_SPACING_MARK`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LETTER_NUMBER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_NUMBER`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SPACE_SEPARATOR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_LINE_SEPARATOR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FORMAT_CHAR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_PRIVATE_USE_CHAR`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_SURROGATE`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_DASH_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_START_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_END_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MATH_SYMBOL`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CURRENCY_SYMBOL`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_MODIFIER_SYMBOL`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_INITIAL_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_FINAL_PUNCTUATION`
- `IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CHAR_CATEGORY_COUNT`

### Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

`<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("A") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_UPPERCASE_LETTER);
var_dump(IntlChar::charType(".") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_PUNCTUATION);
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\t") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_CONTROL_CHAR);
var_dump(IntlChar::charType("\u{2603}") === IntlChar::CHAR_CATEGORY_OTHER_SYMBOL);
?>`

The above example will output:

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

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