NORMALIZER_NORMALIZE(3) 						 1						   NORMALIZER_NORMALIZE(3)

Normalizer::normalize - Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       publicstatic string Normalizer::normalize (string  $input, [string  $form = Normalizer::FORM_C])

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       string normalizer_normalize (string  $input, [string  $form = Normalizer::FORM_C])

       Normalizes the input provided and returns the normalized string

PARAMETERS

	      o $input
		-The input string to normalize

	      o $form
		-One of the normalization forms.

RETURN VALUES

       The normalized string or NULL if an error occurred.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      normalizer_normalize(3) example

	      <?php
	      $char_A_ring = "xC3x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
	      $char_combining_ring_above = "xCCx8A";	// 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)

	      $char_1 = normalizer_normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
	      $char_2 = normalizer_normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );

	      echo urlencode($char_1);
	      echo ' ';
	      echo urlencode($char_2);
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      OO example

	      <?php
	      $char_A_ring = "xC3x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
	      $char_combining_ring_above = "xCCx8A";	// 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)

	      $char_1 = Normalizer::normalize( $char_A_ring, Normalizer::FORM_C );
	      $char_2 = Normalizer::normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );

	      echo urlencode($char_1);
	      echo ' ';
	      echo urlencode($char_2);
	      ?>

       The above example will output:

       %C3%85 %C3%85

SEE ALSO

       normalizer_is_normalized(3).

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