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<?php function mbStringToArray ($string) { $strlen = mb_strlen($string); while ($strlen) { $array[] = mb_substr($string,0,1,"UTF-8"); $string = mb_substr($string,1,$strlen,"UTF-8"); $strlen = mb_strlen($string); } return $array;}function joinsigns($array){ $singsArray=array("ि","्"); $out=array($array[0]); for ($i=1; $i <count($array) ; $i++) { if (in_array($array[$i], $singsArray)) { $out[count($out)-1].=$array[$i]; }else{ $out[]=$array[$i]; } } return $out;}$a = "बिक्रम";$ar=mbStringToArray($a);print_r($ar);echo "<br>";print_r(joinsigns($ar));
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
Array ( [0] => ब [1] => ि [2] => क [3] => ् [4] => र [5] => म ) <br>Array ( [0] => बि [1] => क् [2] => र [3] => म )

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