PHP 4.0 Bug #7360 Updated: is_a2z would be nice...

ID: 7360 Updated by: cynic Reported By: maxim@maxim.cx Old-Status: Feedback Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Assigned To: Comments: ctype functions are now implemented Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-20 05:59:15] hholzgra@php.net what about implementing the ctype.h family of functions available in C and stick with their namespace ? isalnum, isalpha, isascii, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-20 02:24:38] maxim@maxim.cx A suggestion: I was thinking that there are some functions that should exist in PHP: 1: if(eregi("[A-Z]", $string)) this could be called something like is_a2z (any name is OK, I just though about nl2br). Instead of using RegEx which is real slow when you have to check strings several times in a script a simple function like this would be of a BIG HELP. (I know of is_numeric(), but it's use will not make you sure that the string is esclusivelly alphabetic). A build-in function to detect whether a $string is entirelly made from a-z avoiding so regular expression use is really needed, I think. 2: Another thing (Less important) is that instead of using (ereg("[:alnum:]", $string)) you could just say if(!is_almun($string)), just to make (ereg("[:alnum:]", $string)) be a little lighter and easier for beginners. (few beginners use [:almun:], they usually get into writing some huge long expressions,) this would impress them a lot. Thanks for your patience, Maxim Maletsky --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7360