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^TransliteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Transliterator::transliterate

transliterator_transliterate

(PHP 5 >= 5.4.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 2.0.0)

Transliterator::transliterate -- transliterator_transliterate — Transliterate a string

Description

Object-oriented style

public function Transliterator::transliterate(string $string, int $start = 0, int $end = -1): string|false

Procedural style

function transliterator_transliterate(
    Transliterator|string $transliterator,
    string $string,
    int $start = 0,
    int $end = -1
): string|false

Transforms a string or part thereof using an ICU transliterator.

Parameters

transliterator

In the procedural version, either a Transliterator or a string from which a Transliterator can be built.

string

The string to be transformed.

start

The start index (in UTF-16 code units) from which the string will start to be transformed, inclusive. Indexing starts at 0. The text before will be left as is.

end

The end index (in UTF-16 code units) until which the string will be transformed, exclusive. Indexing starts at 0. The text after will be left as is.

Return Values

The transformed string on success, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Converting escaped UTF-16 code units

<?php
$s = "\u304A\u65E9\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307E\u3059";
echo transliterator_transliterate("Hex-Any/Java", $s), "\n";

//now the reverse operation with a supplementary character
$supplChar = html_entity_decode('&#x1D11E;');
echo mb_strlen($supplChar, "UTF-8"), "\n";
$encSupplChar = transliterator_transliterate("Any-Hex/Java", $supplChar);
//echoes two encoded UTF-16 code units
echo $encSupplChar, "\n";
//and back
echo transliterator_transliterate("Hex-Any/Java", $encSupplChar), "\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

お早うございます
1
\uD834\uDD1E
𝄞

See Also


<Transliterator::listIDsIntlBreakIterator>
^TransliteratorLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026