(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Collator::compare -- collator_compare — Compare two Unicode strings
Object oriented style
public Collator::compare ( string $str1 , string $str2 ) : int
Procedural style
collator_compare ( Collator $coll , string $str1 , string $str2 ) : int
Compare two Unicode strings according to collation rules.
coll
Collator object.
str1
The first string to compare.
str2
The second string to compare.
Return comparison result:
 1 if str1 is greater than str2 ; 
 0 if str1 is equal to str2; 
 -1 if str1 is less than str2 . 
false is returned. This function may return Boolean false, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to false. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Example #1 collator_compare()example
<?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";
}
?> The above example will output:
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