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+<?php
+/**
+* @version $Id: ord.php,v 1.4 2006/09/11 15:22:54 harryf Exp $
+* @package utf8
+* @subpackage strings
+*/
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+* UTF-8 aware alternative to ord
+* Returns the unicode ordinal for a character
+* @param string UTF-8 encoded character
+* @return int unicode ordinal for the character
+* @see http://www.php.net/ord
+* @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ord.php#46267
+*/
+function utf8_ord($chr) {
+
+ $ord0 = ord($chr);
+
+ if ( $ord0 >= 0 && $ord0 <= 127 ) {
+ return $ord0;
+ }
+
+ if ( !isset($chr{1}) ) {
+ trigger_error('Short sequence - at least 2 bytes expected, only 1 seen');
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ $ord1 = ord($chr{1});
+ if ( $ord0 >= 192 && $ord0 <= 223 ) {
+ return ( $ord0 - 192 ) * 64
+ + ( $ord1 - 128 );
+ }
+
+ if ( !isset($chr{2}) ) {
+ trigger_error('Short sequence - at least 3 bytes expected, only 2 seen');
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ $ord2 = ord($chr{2});
+ if ( $ord0 >= 224 && $ord0 <= 239 ) {
+ return ($ord0-224)*4096
+ + ($ord1-128)*64
+ + ($ord2-128);
+ }
+
+ if ( !isset($chr{3}) ) {
+ trigger_error('Short sequence - at least 4 bytes expected, only 3 seen');
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ $ord3 = ord($chr{3});
+ if ($ord0>=240 && $ord0<=247) {
+ return ($ord0-240)*262144
+ + ($ord1-128)*4096
+ + ($ord2-128)*64
+ + ($ord3-128);
+
+ }
+
+ if ( !isset($chr{4}) ) {
+ trigger_error('Short sequence - at least 5 bytes expected, only 4 seen');
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ $ord4 = ord($chr{4});
+ if ($ord0>=248 && $ord0<=251) {
+ return ($ord0-248)*16777216
+ + ($ord1-128)*262144
+ + ($ord2-128)*4096
+ + ($ord3-128)*64
+ + ($ord4-128);
+ }
+
+ if ( !isset($chr{5}) ) {
+ trigger_error('Short sequence - at least 6 bytes expected, only 5 seen');
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ if ($ord0>=252 && $ord0<=253) {
+ return ($ord0-252) * 1073741824
+ + ($ord1-128)*16777216
+ + ($ord2-128)*262144
+ + ($ord3-128)*4096
+ + ($ord4-128)*64
+ + (ord($c{5})-128);
+ }
+
+ if ( $ord0 >= 254 && $ord0 <= 255 ) {
+ trigger_error('Invalid UTF-8 with surrogate ordinal '.$ord0);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+}
+