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The IntlChar::getCombiningClass() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the combining class of the code point.
Syntax: 

int IntlChar::getCombiningClass ( $codepoint )

Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter $codepoint which is mandatory. The $codepoint value is an integer values or character, which is encoded as a UTF-8 string.
Return Value: This function returns the combining class of the code point. 

Below programs illustrate the IntlChar::getCombiningClass() function in PHP:

Program 1:  

PHP 
<?php
 
// PHP function to illustrate 
// the use of IntlChar::getCombiningClass()
 
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass("\p{143}"));
 
// Input data is character type
var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass(" "));
 
// Input data is unicode character type
var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass("\u{350}"));
 
// Input data is string type
var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass("XYZ"));
 
// Input data is unicode character type
var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass("\u{0358}"));
 
?>

Output: 
NULL
int(0)
int(230)
NULL
int(232)

 

Program 2: 

PHP 
<?php
// PHP code to illustrate IntlChar::getCombiningClass()
     
// Declare an array $arr
$arr = array("\u{314}", "GeeksforGeeks", "^", "\u{0324}", "6", "\n");
    
// Loop run for every array element
foreach ($arr as $val){
        
    // Check each element as code point data
    var_dump(IntlChar::getCombiningClass($val));
}
?>

Output: 
int(230)
NULL
int(0)
int(220)
int(0)
int(0)

 

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Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/intlchar.getcombiningclass.php
 


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