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ctype_print

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

ctype_printCheck for printable character(s)

Descrierea

bool ctype_print ( string $text )

Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text , are printable.

Parametri

text

The tested string.

Valorile întroarse

Returns TRUE if every character in text will actually create output (including blanks). Returns FALSE if text contains control characters or characters that do not have any output or control function at all.

Exemple

Example #1 A ctype_print() example

<?php
$strings 
= array('string1' => "asdf\n\r\t"'string2' => 'arf12''string3' => 'LKA#@%.54');
foreach (
$strings as $name => $testcase) {
    if (
ctype_print($testcase)) {
        echo 
"The string '$name' consists of all printable characters.\n";
    } else {
        echo 
"The string '$name' does not consist of all printable characters.\n";
    }
}
?>

Exemplul de mai sus va afiÅŸa:

The string 'string1' does not consist of all printable characters.
The string 'string2' consists of all printable characters.
The string 'string3' consists of all printable characters.

Vedeţi de asemenea

  • ctype_cntrl() - Check for control character(s)
  • ctype_graph() - Check for any printable character(s) except space
  • ctype_punct() - Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character



add a note add a note User Contributed Notes
ctype_print
flatline at greyhat dot nl
04-Mar-2004 12:58
It seems that this function does not recognize characters such as 'à', 'ä', 'ò', 'ë' as printable.

Depends on your locale settings, in the default "C" locale they are
indeed not printable as it is 7bit ASCII based. (hartmut)

ctype_punct> <ctype_lower
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
 
 
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