Re: ISSN for Validate.php

From: Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:14:16 +0000
Subject: Re: ISSN for Validate.php
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David Grant said: > Please find attached issn.php Looks like it was stripped out. Here you go: /** * Validate an ISSN number. * * This function validates an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) * * @param string $issn ISSN number in format nnnn-nnn[nx] * @return bool True if the ISSN number is valid, false otherwise * @author David Grant <david@davidjonathangrant.info> */ function issn($issn) { if (!preg_match("/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{3}[0-9X])$/", $issn, $matches)) { return false; } else { $issn = $matches[1] . $matches[2]; } $chksum = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($issn) - 1; ++$i) { $chksum += $issn[$i] * (8 - $i); } $chksum += $issn[7] == "X" ? 10 : $issn[7]; if ($chksum % 11) { return false; } else { return true; } } Regards, David

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