PHP mb_ord() Function
Last Updated :
30 Mar, 2023
The m_ord() is an inbuilt function in PHP that returns the Unicode code point for the specific character.
Syntax:
mb_ord(string $string, ?string $encoding = null): int|false
Parameters: This function has two parameters:
- string: This is the string input. It must be a valid string.
- encoding: The encoding parameter specifies the character encoding. In case if omitted or null, then the internal character encoding value will be utilized.
Return value: This function returns the first character Unicode if the function is successfully executed otherwise it will return “false”.
Example 1: The following code demonstrates the mb_ord() function.
PHP
<?php
$string = '©' ;
$code_point = mb_ord( $string , 'ISO-8859-1' );
echo $code_point ;
?>
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Output:
194
Example 2: The following code demonstrates the mb_ord() function.
PHP
<?php
$word = 'Hello' ;
$code_point = mb_ord( $word , 'UTF-8' );
if ( $code_point === 72) {
echo "The first character in the word is 'H'." ;
}
else {
echo "The first character in the word is not 'H'." ;
}
?>
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Output:
The first character in the word is 'H'.
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-ord.php
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