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Checks if a given string is UTF-8 encoded and is valid UTF-8.
In _quick_ mode it will check only for non ASCII characters being used indicating any multibyte encoding. Don't use quick mode for integrity validation of UTF-8 encoded strings.

Parameters

  • string $string The string to analyze.
  • array $options Allows to toggle mode via the `'quick'` option, defaults to `false`.

Returns

boolean Returns `true` if the string is UTF-8.

Source

						public static function is($string, array $options = array()) {
		$defaults = array('quick' => false);
		$options += $defaults;

		if ($options['quick']) {
			$regex = '/[^\x09\x0A\x0D\x20-\x7E]/m';
		} else {
			$regex  = '/\A(';
			$regex .= '[\x09\x0A\x0D\x20-\x7E]';            // ASCII
			$regex .= '|[\xC2-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]';            // non-overlong 2-byte
			$regex .= '|\xE0[\xA0-\xBF][\x80-\xBF]';        // excluding overlongs
			$regex .= '|[\xE1-\xEC\xEE\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2}'; // straight 3-byte
			$regex .= '|\xED[\x80-\x9F][\x80-\xBF]';        // excluding surrogates
			$regex .= '|\xF0[\x90-\xBF][\x80-\xBF]{2}';     // planes 1-3
			$regex .= '|[\xF1-\xF3][\x80-\xBF]{3}';         // planes 4-15
			$regex .= '|\xF4[\x80-\x8F][\x80-\xBF]{2}';     // plane 16
			$regex .= ')*\z/m';
		}
		return (boolean) preg_match($regex, $string);
	}