mb-chr

mb_chr

Return character by Unicode code point value

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string

false

mb_chr

int

codepoint

string

null

encoding

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Returns a string containing the character specified by the Unicode code point value, encoded in the specified encoding.

This function complements mb_ord.

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codepoint
A Unicode codepoint value, e.g. 128024 for U+1F418 ELEPHANT

encoding
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A string containing the requested character, if it can be represented in the specified encoding ENTITY.

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<?php
$values = [65, 63, 0x20AC, 128024];
foreach ($values as $value) {
    var_dump(mb_chr($value, 'UTF-8'));
    var_dump(mb_chr($value, 'ISO-8859-1'));
}
?>

   

string(1) "A"
string(1) "A"
string(1) "?"
string(1) "?"
string(3) "€"
bool(false)
string(4) "🐘"
bool(false)

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mb_internal_encoding, mb_ord, IntlChar::ord, chr