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<Normalizer::getRawDecompositionNormalizer::normalize>
^NormalizerLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Normalizer::isNormalized

normalizer_is_normalized

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Normalizer::isNormalized -- normalizer_is_normalized — Checks if the provided string is already in the specified normalization form

Description

Object-oriented style

public static function Normalizer::isNormalized(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C): bool

Procedural style

function normalizer_is_normalized(string $string, int $form = Normalizer::FORM_C): bool

Checks if the provided string is already in the specified normalization form.

Parameters

string

The input string to normalize

form

One of the normalization forms.

Return Values

true if normalized, false otherwise or if there an error

Examples

Example #1 normalizer_is_normalized() example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_orig = 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above;
$char_norm = normalizer_normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo ( normalizer_is_normalized($char_orig, Normalizer::FORM_C) ) ? "normalized" : "not normalized";
echo '; ';
echo ( normalizer_is_normalized($char_norm, Normalizer::FORM_C) ) ? "normalized" : "not normalized";
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$char_A_ring = "\xC3\x85"; // 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE' (U+00C5)
$char_combining_ring_above = "\xCC\x8A";  // 'COMBINING RING ABOVE' (U+030A)
 
$char_orig = 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above;
$char_norm = Normalizer::normalize( 'A' . $char_combining_ring_above, Normalizer::FORM_C );
 
echo ( Normalizer::isNormalized($char_orig, Normalizer::FORM_C) ) ? "normalized" : "not normalized";
echo '; ';
echo ( Normalizer::isNormalized($char_norm, Normalizer::FORM_C) ) ? "normalized" : "not normalized";
?>

The above example will output:

not normalized; normalized

See Also


<Normalizer::getRawDecompositionNormalizer::normalize>
^NormalizerLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026