XV. Character Type Functions

Introducere

The functions provided by this extension check whether a character or string falls into a certain character class according to the current locale (see also setlocale()).

When called with an integer argument these functions behave exactly like their C counterparts from ctype.h.

When called with a string argument they will check every character in the string and will only return TRUE if every character in the string matches the requested criteria. When called with an empty string the result will always be TRUE.

Passing anything else but a string or integer will return FALSE immediately.

It should be noted that ctype functions are always prefered over regular expressions, and even to some equivalent str_* and is_* functions. This is because of the fact that ctype uses a native C library and thus processes significantly faster.

Necesităţi

None besides functions from the standard C library which are always available.

Instalare

Beginning with PHP 4.2.0 these functions are enabled by default. For older versions you have to configure and compile PHP with --enable-ctype. You can disable ctype support with --disable-ctype.

The windows version of PHP has built in support for this extension. You do not need to load any additional extension in order to use these functions.

Notã: Builtin support for ctype is available with PHP 4.3.0.

Configurare la rulare

Această extensie nu defineşte directive de configurare.

Tipuri de resurse

Această extensie nu defineşte tipuri de resurse.

Constante predefinite

Această extensie nu defineşte constante.

Cuprins
ctype_alnum -- Check for alphanumeric character(s)
ctype_alpha -- Check for alphabetic character(s)
ctype_cntrl -- Check for control character(s)
ctype_digit -- Check for numeric character(s)
ctype_graph -- Check for any printable character(s) except space
ctype_lower -- Check for lowercase character(s)
ctype_print -- Check for printable character(s)
ctype_punct -- Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character
ctype_space -- Check for whitespace character(s)
ctype_upper -- Check for uppercase character(s)
ctype_xdigit -- Check for character(s) representing a hexadecimal digit