RE: [PHP] is_alpha_numeric ?

From: Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 16:22:01 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] is_alpha_numeric ?
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yes, you have to enable it: --enable-ctype ...and, ctype is available only starting from PHP v.4.0.4+, ...and it is only the experimental family of functions... (this you read on the site, right?) Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins) maxim@phpbeginner.com www.phpbeginner.com -----Original Message----- From: John Monfort [mailto:monfort@kahuna.engineering.sdsu.edu] Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:59 AM To: PHPBeginner.com Cc: Lasse; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] is_alpha_numeric ? I tried that, but it didn't work. if (ctype_alnum($var)) { echo "ok"; }else { echo "no"; } I got an 'undefined function' error. php4.0.4pl1 Did I miss something ? -john __________John Monfort_________________ _+-----------------------------------+_ P E P I E D E S I G N S www.pepiedesigns.com "The world is waiting, are you ready?" -+___________________________________+- On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, PHPBeginner.com wrote: > check out ctype (suggested to PHP by me, btw) > > php.net/ctype > > we have all that. > > -Maxim Maletsky > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lasse [mailto:lm@nospam.dk] > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:40 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] is_alpha_numeric ? > > > > "scott [gts]" <scott@graphictype.com> wrote in message > news:KFEKLFMNHDILCMFAEKJCKEKJCMAA.scott@graphictype.com... > > you could also use this: > > > > function is_alphanum($data) { > > return preg_match('/^\w+$/', $data); > > } > > Watch out though... IIRC \w also includes underscore... > > -- > Lasse > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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