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<refnamediv>
<refname>Collator::compare</refname>
<refname>collator_compare</refname>
<refpurpose>Compare two Unicode strings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<para>
Object oriented style
</para>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>integer</type>
<methodname>Collator::compare</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str1</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str2</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Procedural style
</para>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>integer</type>
<methodname>collator_compare</methodname>
<methodparam><type>Collator</type><parameter>coll</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str1</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str2</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Compare two Unicode strings according to collation rules.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>coll</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<classname>Collator</classname> object.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>str1</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The first string to compare.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>str2</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The second string to compare.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>Return comparison result:</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
1 if <emphasis> str1</emphasis> is <emphasis> greater</emphasis> than
<emphasis> str2</emphasis> ;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
0 if <emphasis>str1</emphasis> is <emphasis>equal</emphasis> to
<emphasis> str2</emphasis>;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
-1 if <emphasis> str1</emphasis> is <emphasis> less</emphasis> than
<emphasis> str2</emphasis> .
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
On error
<type>boolean</type>
&false;
is returned.
</para>
&return.falseproblem;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>collator_compare</function>example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$s1 = 'Hello';
$s2 = 'hello';
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );
$res = collator_compare( $coll, $s1, $s2 );
if ($res === false) {
echo collator_get_error_message( $coll );
} else if( $res > 0 ) {
echo "s1 is greater than s2\n";
} else if( $res < 0 ) {
echo "s1 is less than s2\n";
} else {
echo "s1 is equal to s2\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
s1 is greater than s2
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>collator_sort</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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