Filters

zend-i18n ships with a set of internationalization-related filters.

Alnum

The Alnum filter can be used to return only alphabetic characters and digits in the unicode "letter" and "number" categories, respectively. All other characters are suppressed.

Supported Options

The following options are supported for Alnum:

Alnum([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]])

• $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true, whitespace characters are allowed; otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available (getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace()).
• $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to filter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available (getLocale() and setLocale()).

Basic Usage

// Default settings, deny whitespace
$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum();
echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123");
// Returns "Thisismycontent123"

// First param in constructor is $allowWhiteSpace
$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alnum(true);
echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123");
// Returns "This is my content 123"

Supported languages

Alnum works for most languages, except Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Within these languages, the English alphabet is used instead of the characters from these languages. The language itself is detected using the Locale class.

Alpha

The Alpha filter can be used to return only alphabetic characters in the unicode "letter" category. All other characters are suppressed.

Supported Options

The following options are supported for Alpha:

Alpha([ boolean $allowWhiteSpace [, string $locale ]])

• $allowWhiteSpace: If set to true, whitespace characters are allowed; otherwise they are suppressed. Default is false (whitespace is not allowed). Methods for getting/setting the allowWhiteSpace option are also available (getAllowWhiteSpace() and setAllowWhiteSpace()).
• $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to filter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available (getLocale() and setLocale()).

Basic Usage

// Default settings, deny whitespace
$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha();
echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123");
// Returns "Thisismycontent"

// Allow whitespace
$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\Alpha(true);
echo $filter->filter("This is (my) content: 123");
// Returns "This is my content "

Supported languages

Alnum works for most languages, except Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Within these languages, the English alphabet is used instead of the characters from these languages. The language itself is detected using the Locale class.

NumberFormat

The NumberFormat filter can be used to return locale-specific number and percentage strings. It extends the NumberParse filter, which acts as wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within ext/intl.

Supported Options

The following options are supported for NumberFormat:

NumberFormat([ string $locale [, int $style [, int $type ]]])

• $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to filter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available (getLocale() and setLocale()).
• $style: (Optional) Style of the formatting, one of the NumberFormatter format style constants. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::DEFAULT_STYLE as the default style. Methods for getting/setting the format style are also available (getStyle() and setStyle()).
• $type: (Optional) The NumberFormatter formatting type to use. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE as the default type. Methods for getting/setting the format type are also available (getType() and setType()).

Basic Usage

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat('de_DE');
echo $filter->filter(1234567.8912346);
// Returns "1.234.567,891"

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat('en_US', NumberFormatter::PERCENT);
echo $filter->filter(0.80);
// Returns "80%"

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat('fr_FR', NumberFormatter::SCIENTIFIC);
echo $filter->filter(0.00123456789);
// Returns "1,23456789E-3"

NumberParse

The NumberParse filter can be used to parse a number from a string. It acts as a wrapper for the NumberFormatter class within ext/intl.

Supported Options

The following options are supported for NumberParse:

NumberParse([ string $locale [, int $style [, int $type ]]])

• $locale: The locale string used in identifying the characters to filter (locale name, e.g. en_US). If unset, it will use the default locale (Locale::getDefault()). Methods for getting/setting the locale are also available (getLocale() and setLocale()).
• $style: (Optional) Style of the parsing, one of the NumberFormatter format style constants. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::DEFAULT_STYLE as the default style. Methods for getting/setting the parse style are also available (getStyle() and setStyle()).
• $type: (Optional) The NumberFormatter parsing type to use. If unset, it will use NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE as the default type. Methods for getting/setting the parse type are also available (getType() and setType()).

Basic Usage

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberParse('de_DE');
echo $filter->filter('1.234.567,891');
// Returns 1234567.8912346

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberParse('en_US', NumberFormatter::PERCENT);
echo $filter->filter('80%');
// Returns 0.80

$filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberParse('fr_FR', NumberFormatter::SCIENTIFIC);
echo $filter->filter('1,23456789E-3');
// Returns 0.00123456789