PHP IntlChar::ord() Function
Last Updated :
11 Jul, 2025
The IntlChar::ord() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the Unicode code point value of the given character.
Syntax:
int IntlChar::ord( $character )
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $character which is mandatory. This parameter is a Unicode character.
Return Value: It returns the Unicode code point value as an integer.
Below examples illustrate the IntlChar::ord() Function in PHP:
Example 1: In this example, we will use the ord() function.
PHP
<?php
// PHP function to illustrate
// the use of IntlChar::ord()
// Input int codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("4"));
// Input character codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("B"));
// Input character codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("b"));
//Input int codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("2018"));
// Input character codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("Geeks"));
// Input symbolic codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("@"));
// Input symbolic codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord("*"));
// Input space codepoint value
var_dump(IntlChar::ord(" "));
?>
Output:
int(52)
int(66)
int(98)
NULL
NULL
int(64)
int(42)
int(32)
Example 2: In this example, we will use the ord() function.
PHP
<?php
// PHP function to illustrate the
// use of IntlChar::ord()
// Declare an array with
// different codepoint value
$arr = array("X",
"x",
"*",
"8",
"0",
" ",
"&",
")",
"99",
);
// For loop condition to check
// each character through function
foreach ($arr as $val) {
// Check each element as code point data
var_dump(IntlChar::ord($val));
}
?>
Output:
int(88)
int(120)
int(42)
int(56)
int(48)
int(32)
int(38)
int(41)
NULL
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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/intlchar.ord.php