variant_cmp()

variant_cmp - Compares two variants

Syntax

int variant_cmp (mixed $left, mixed $right, int $lcid, int $flags)

Arguments

• left - The left operand.
• right - The right operand.
• lcid - A valid Locale Identifier to use when comparing strings (this affects string collation).
• flags - flags can be one or more of the following values OR\'d together, and affects string comparisons: Variant Comparision Flags value meaning NORM_IGNORECASE Compare case insensitively NORM_IGNORENONSPACE Ignore nonspacing characters NORM_IGNORESYMBOLS Ignore symbols NORM_IGNOREWIDTH Ignore string width NORM_IGNOREKANATYPE Ignore Kana type NORM_IGNOREKASHIDA Ignore Arabic kashida characters

Description

Compares left with right.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns one of the following: Variant Comparision Results value meaning VARCMP_LT left is less than right VARCMP_EQ left is equal to right VARCMP_GT left is greater than right VARCMP_NULL Either left, right or both are NULL