PHP | IntlChar::isupper() Function
Last Updated :
11 Jul, 2025
The IntlChar::isupper() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to check whether the given input character is an uppercase character or not.
Syntax:
bool IntlChar::isupper( $codepoint )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $codepoint which is mandatory. The input parameter is a character, which is encoded as a UTF-8 string.
Return Value: If $codepoint is an uppercase character then it returns True, otherwise return False.
Below programs illustrate the IntlChar::isupper() function in PHP:
Program 1:
PHP
<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::isupper()
// function
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper("G"));
// Input data is control character
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper("\t"));
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper("Geeksforgeeks"));
// Input data is number type
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper("2018"));
// Input data is single digit
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper("5"));
?>
Output:
bool(true)
bool(false)
NULL
NULL
bool(false)
Note: If String and Numbers (except single digit number) are used as a parameter then it returns NULL.
Program 2:
PHP
<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::isupper()
// Declare an array $arr
$arr = array("A","\u{0041}","@","0","\n","123","Geeks");
// \u{0041} is ASCII value of 'A'
// Loop run for every array element
foreach ($arr as $val){
// Check each element as code point data
var_dump(IntlChar::isupper($val));
}
?>
Output:
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(false)
NULL
NULL
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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/intlchar.isupper.php