Re: Checking a strings case
| From: | Mike Jackson | Date: | Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:23:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Checking a strings case | ||
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ext ODCS (odcs@rogers.com) wrote:
> I'm trying to create a function to check a users input for "foul" language
> and want to be able to check variations of case (i.e. CasE or cAsE). I have
> checked out all the ereg and str* functions but not quite sure how to do
> this. These "foul" words are in an array. I have it working now if a user
> inputs 'case' or 'CASE'.
Hi,
This is how I would do it:
1. convert the dirtywords list to all lowercase, use tr, sed, perl, php, etc
2. use "strtolower($wordtocheck);" in your application
3. seach the dirtywords file for $wordtocheck
BR,
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mike