On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:28:18 +0100 "Simon Dedeyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > Is there a way/function for detecting if a word is in katakana or > hiragana? > I'm using UTF-8 encoding. > > I don't know if it's of any help, but I wonder if a solution could be > find through a regular expression option, like indicated (though not > explained) here http://regex.info/indexlist.html > > Tnx, > Simon You can accomplish it by converting any hiragana / katakana mixture to either hiragana or katakana characters with mb_convert_kana() and then comparing it with the original. Also try mb_ereg_* functions that allows localised characters to be used in character classes. Moriyoshi -- PHP Internationalization Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
