- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- mb_substr: documentation ( source)
<?php
echo strlen("à");
echo "\n";
echo strlen(Normalizer::normalize("à", Normalizer::FORM_D));
$x = Normalizer::normalize("à", Normalizer::FORM_D);
var_dump(mb_substr($x, 0, 1));
var_dump(mb_substr($x, 1, 1));