symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme

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A Symfony polyfill library providing native PHP implementations of the intl extension's grapheme_* string functions for environments where the Intl extension is unavailable. It supports functions like grapheme_strlen, grapheme_substr, grapheme_strpos, and grapheme_str_split on UTF-8 strings.

Use cases

• use grapheme_* functions without the intl extension installed
• count string length in grapheme units on hosts lacking intl
• split strings into grapheme clusters in pure PHP
• portable unicode string handling across PHP deployments
• find substring positions in grapheme units without ext-intl

When to choose

• your PHP runtime lacks the intl extension but you need grapheme cluster string operations
• you want portable code that works with or without ext-intl
• you already use Symfony components and need consistent unicode handling

When to avoid

• the intl extension is already installed and you prefer the native C implementation
• you need full ICU unicode support beyond the grapheme_* function subset

Facets

library · maturity stable

internationalization parser developer-tools web-development php polyfill shim grapheme unicode intl symfony-component localization

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