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    IntlChar::ispunct

    (PHP 7, PHP 8)

    IntlChar::ispunct — Check if code point is punctuation character

    Description

    public static IntlChar::ispunct(int|string $codepoint): ?bool

    Determines whether the specified code point is a punctuation character.

    true for characters with general categories "P" (punctuation).

    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

    Returns true if codepoint is a punctuation character, false if not. Returns null on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 Testing different code points

    <?php
    var_dump    (IntlChar::ispunct("."));
    var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct(","));
    var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct("\n"));
    var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct("$"));

    The above example will output:

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

    See Also

    • ctype_punct() - Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character

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