IntlChar::ispunct() function in PHP

The IntlChar::ispunct() function check whether the given input character is a punctuation character or not.

Syntax

bool IntlChar::ispunct(val)

Parameters

• val − An integer value or character encoded as a UTF-8 string. Required!

Return

The IntlChar::ispunct()function returns TRUE if the val is a punctuation character.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct("1"));
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct(","));
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct("q"));
?>

Output

The following is the output −

bool(false)
bool(true)
bool(false)

Example

Let us see another example −

<?php
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct(";"));
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct(":"));
   echo "<br>";
   var_dump(IntlChar::ispunct("10"));
?>

Output

The following is the output −

bool(true)
bool(true)
NULL