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The IntlCodePointBreakIterator class

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

This break iterator identifies the boundaries between UTF-8 code points.

Class synopsis

class IntlCodePointBreakIterator extends IntlBreakIterator {
/* Inherited constants */
/* Methods */
/* Inherited methods */
public IntlBreakIterator::getPartsIterator(string $type = IntlPartsIterator::KEY_SEQUENTIAL): IntlPartsIterator
}

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Matt Kynx
2 years ago
An example of using this to find all the code points in a string that cannot be transliterated to Latin-ASCII:

<?php

$string
= "Народm, Intl gurus get paid €10000/hr 😁";

$latinAscii = Transliterator::create('NFC; Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII;');
$transliterated = $latinAscii->transliterate($string);

$codePoints = IntlBreakIterator::createCodePointInstance();
$codePoints->setText($transliterated);

foreach (
$codePoints->getPartsIterator() as $char) {
$ord = IntlChar::ord($char);
if (
255 < $ord) {
echo
IntlChar::charName($ord) . "\n";
}
}
?>

Outputs:
EURO SIGN
GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES
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