IntlChar::getNumericValue

(PHP 7, PHP 8)

IntlChar::getNumericValue — Get the numeric value for a Unicode code point

Description

public static function IntlChar::getNumericValue(int|string $codepoint): ?float

Gets the numeric value for a Unicode code point as defined in the Unicode Character Database.

For characters without any numeric values in the Unicode Character Database, this function will return IntlChar::NO_NUMERIC_VALUE.

Parameters

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

Return Values

Numeric value of codepoint, or IntlChar::NO_NUMERIC_VALUE if none is defined. This constant was added in PHP 7.0.6, prior to this version the literal value (float)-123456789 may be used instead. Returns null on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Testing different code points

<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::getNumericValue("4"));
var_dump(IntlChar::getNumericValue("x"));
var_dump(IntlChar::getNumericValue("\u{216C}"));
?>

The above example will output:

float(4)
float(-123456789)
float(50)