The Normalizer class

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Introduction

Normalization is a process that involves transforming characters and sequences of characters into a formally-defined underlying representation. This process is most important when text needs to be compared for sorting and searching, but it is also used when storing text to ensure that the text is stored in a consistent representation.

The Unicode Consortium has defined a number of normalization forms reflecting the various needs of applications:

Normalization Form D (NFD) - Canonical Decomposition
Normalization Form C (NFC) - Canonical Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition
Normalization Form KD (NFKD) - Compatibility Decomposition
Normalization Form KC (NFKC) - Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition

The different forms are defined in terms of a set of transformations on the text, transformations that are expressed by both an algorithm and a set of data files.

Class synopsis

class Normalizer {

/* Constants */

public const int FORM_D;

public const int NFD;

public const int FORM_KD;

public const int NFKD;

public const int FORM_C;

public const int NFC;

public const int FORM_KC;

public const int NFKC;

public const int FORM_KC_CF;

public const int NFKC_CF;

/* Methods */

public static getRawDecomposition(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C): ?string

public static isNormalized(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C): bool

public static normalize(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C): string|false

}

Predefined Constants

The following constants define the normalization form used by the normalizer:

Normalizer::FORM_C: Normalization Form C (NFC) - Canonical Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition
Normalizer::FORM_D: Normalization Form D (NFD) - Canonical Decomposition
Normalizer::NFD
Normalizer::FORM_KC: Normalization Form KC (NFKC) - Compatibility Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
Normalizer::NFKC
Normalizer::FORM_KC_CF
Normalizer::FORM_KD: Normalization Form KD (NFKD) - Compatibility Decomposition
Normalizer::NFKD
Normalizer::NFC
Normalizer::NFKC_CF

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`Normalizer::NONE` has been removed.

Normalizer::getRawDecomposition — Gets the Decomposition_Mapping property for the given UTF-8 encoded code point
Normalizer::isNormalized — Checks if the provided string is already in the specified normalization form
Normalizer::normalize — Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

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