# IntlChar::getPropertyEnum

(PHP 7)

IntlChar::getPropertyEnum — Get the property constant value for a given property name

### Description

public static IntlChar::getPropertyEnum ( string `$alias` ) : int

Returns the property constant value for a given property name, as specified in the Unicode database file PropertyAliases.txt. Short, long, and any other variants are recognized.

In addition, this function maps the synthetic names "gcm" / "General_Category_Mask" to the property `IntlChar::PROPERTY_GENERAL_CATEGORY_MASK`. These names are not in PropertyAliases.txt.

This function compliments IntlChar::getPropertyName().

### Parameters

`alias`

  The property name to be matched. The name is compared using "loose matching" as described in PropertyAliases.txt.

### Return Values

Returns an `IntlChar::PROPERTY_` constant value, or `IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE` if the given name does not match any property.

### Examples

Example #1 Testing different properties

`<?php
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Bidi_Class') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_BIDI_CLASS);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('script') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_SCRIPT);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('IDEOGRAPHIC') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_IDEOGRAPHIC);
var_dump(IntlChar::getPropertyEnum('Some made-up string') === IntlChar::PROPERTY_INVALID_CODE);
?>`

The above example will output:

    bool(true)
    bool(true)
    bool(true)
    bool(true)

### See Also

- IntlChar::getPropertyName() - Get the Unicode name for a property