Re: String validation
| From: | Ligaya Turmelle | Date: | Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:44:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: String validation | ||
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or if you aren't into regex (which I find confusing and still am trying to learn):
if ((strlen(trim($string)) <=6) && ctype_alpha(trim($string)))
{ echo 'good'; }
else
{ echo 'bad'; }
John Holmes wrote:
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:-- Respectfully, Ligaya Turmelle "Life is a game.... so have fun"How can I check that a string is no more than 6 characters long and only contains alpha characters (no numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens, or anything else, just letters.)if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]{0,6}$/',$string)) { echo 'good'; } else { echo 'bad'; } Change to {1,6} if you want to ensure the string isn't empty.