mb_ord

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Get Unicode code point of character.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0-7.1
PHP 7.2
Added
PHP 7.3-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

mb_ord Function synopsis

mb_ord(string $string, ?string $encoding = null): int|false

Parameters

$string

Typestring

A string

$encoding

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

Return value

Typeint|false

The Unicode code point for the first character of string or false on failure.

Changes to the mb_ord Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: int|false
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $str to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($encoding): ?string
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($encoding): null
- mb_ord($str, $encoding)
+ mb_ord(string $string, ?string $encoding = null): int|false

PHP 7.2

  • Function added

mb_ord Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported No
PHP 7.0Unsupported No
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No