Bug #27668 [Com]: ctype_alpha fails to identify some characters
| From: | garioch2 at googlemail dot com | Date: | Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:14:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Bug #27668 [Com]: ctype_alpha fails to identify some characters | ||
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27668&edit=1
ID: 27668
Comment by: garioch2 at googlemail dot com
Reported by: amd at tt dot ee
Summary: ctype_alpha fails to identify some characters
Status: Bogus
Type: Bug
Package: *Languages/Translation
Operating System: Gentoo Linux
PHP Version: 4.3.4
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Actually there seems to be a problem with this function,
I am german, and certainly the locale-Pack for de_DE,utf-8 is installed and i can use it for other
things like printing dates in the correct language (month-names). But in case of ctype_alpha I get
always the answer FALSE if testing a word containing one of the typical german letters
ä,ö,ü,à (and their capital counterparts) ..
Previous Comments:
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[2004-03-25 10:44:14] derick@php.net
This is not a bug in PHP as PHP uses the OS functions to determine wheather something is an alpha
character or not. Also, this has nothing to do with character sets at all, it's just the locale
that matters. Do you actually have the et_EE locale installed? Anyway, this is not a bug in PHP.
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[2004-03-24 02:11:25] amd at tt dot ee
Description:
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ctype_alpha fails to identify at least two iso-8859-15 characters: s-caron () and z-caron () and
their upper-case equivalents.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL,'et_EE');
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-15;");
$strings = array('äöäaa','sete','aew',
'ae','üõüä','tet','ombie');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
if (ctype_alpha($testcase)) {
echo "Alpha test - $testcase - PASSED.<br />\n";
} else {
echo "Alpha test - $testcase - FAILED.<br />\n";
}
}
?>
Expected result:
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Alpha test - äöäaa - PASSED.
Alpha test - sete - PASSED.
Alpha test - aew - PASSED.
Alpha test - ae - PASSED.
Alpha test - üõüä - PASSED.
Alpha test - tet - PASSED.
Alpha test - ombie - PASSED.
Actual result:
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Alpha test - äöäaa - PASSED.
Alpha test - sete - PASSED.
Alpha test - aew - FAILED.
Alpha test - ae - FAILED.
Alpha test - üõüä - PASSED.
Alpha test - tet - FAILED.
Alpha test - ombie - FAILED.
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