IntlChar::charFromName

Find Unicode character by name and return its code point value

&reftitle.description; public static ``int``null```IntlChar::charFromName` `string` `name` `int` `type` IntlChar::UNICODE_CHAR_NAME

Finds a Unicode character by its name and returns its code point value.

The name is matched exactly and completely. If the name does not correspond to a code point, &null; is returned.

A Unicode 1.0 name is matched only if it differs from the modern name. Unicode names are all uppercase. Extended names are lowercase followed by an uppercase hexadecimal number, and within angle brackets.

&reftitle.parameters;

`name`

- Full name of the Unicode character.

`type`

- Which set of names to use for the lookup. Can be any of these constants:

  - `IntlChar::UNICODE_CHAR_NAME` (default)
  - `IntlChar::UNICODE_10_CHAR_NAME`
  - `IntlChar::EXTENDED_CHAR_NAME`
  - `IntlChar::CHAR_NAME_ALIAS`
  - `IntlChar::CHAR_NAME_CHOICE_COUNT`
&reftitle.returnvalues;

The Unicode value of the code point with the given name (as an `int`), or &null; if there is no such code point.

&reftitle.examples;

### &intl.codepoint.example;

    <?php
    var_dump(IntlChar::charFromName("LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A"));
    var_dump(IntlChar::charFromName("SNOWMAN"));
    var_dump(IntlChar::charFromName("RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-1 PLASTICS"));
    var_dump(IntlChar::charFromName("A RANDOM STRING WHICH DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO ANY UNICODE CHARACTER"));
    ?>

&example.outputs;

    int(65)
    int(9731)
    int(9843)
    NULL

&reftitle.seealso;

- `IntlChar::charName`
- `IntlChar::enumCharNames`