note 50688 added to function.str-replace

This is an reply to Adam F-K's alphanumeric check: I guess my function does the same, but a bit quicker <?php // Checks, if the String contains only allowed Chars // edit the RegEx if you need other chars as well // for example: [^A-Za-zóòöôúùüûéèêáàäâÓÒÖÔÜÚÙÛÁÀÂÄ .-] // return true or false function isAlphaNumeric( $str ) { $len_org = strlen( $str ); $len_chk = strlen( ereg_replace( "[^A-Za-z0-9]", "", $str ) ); return $len_org == $len_chk; } ?> Ronald L. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+50688 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50688&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50688&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50688&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50688&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50688&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+50688&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php