IntlChar::isbase
PHP function
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(PHP 7, PHP 8)
Check if code point is a base character
Description
IntlChar::isbase(int|string $codepoint): bool|null
Determines whether the specified code point is a base character. true for general categories "L" (letters), "N" (numbers), "Mc" (spacing combining marks), and "Me" (enclosing marks).
Note
This is different from the Unicode definition in chapter 3.5, conformance clause D13, which defines base characters to be all characters (not Cn) that do not graphically combine with preceding characters (M) and that are neither control (Cc) or format (Cf) characters.
Parameters
codepointParameter
Return Values
Returns true if codepoint is a base character, false if not. Returns null on failure.
Examples
Example
php
<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("A"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("1"));
var_dump(IntlChar::isbase("\u{2603}"));
?>The above example will output:
output
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)