- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- preg_match: documentation ( source)
<?php
// pcre
$someEmoji = '@^[\u{1F602}-\u{1F64F}]+$@u';
var_dump(preg_match($someEmoji, "\u{1F602}"));
// php
$someEmoji = "@^[\u{1F602}-\u{1F64F}]+$@u";
var_dump(preg_match($someEmoji, "\u{1F602}"));