In PHP7, a new IntlChar class is added, which seeks to expose additional ICU functionality. This class defines a number of static methods and constants, which can be used to manipulate unicode characters. You need to have Intlextension installed prior to using this class.
Example
<?php
printf('%x', IntlChar::CODEPOINT_MAX);
print (IntlChar::charName('@'));
print(IntlChar::ispunct('!'));
?>
It produces the following browser output −
10ffff COMMERCIAL AT true
