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Jmz · 08-01-2008, 09:28 AM

I was looking for the best way to check if a string is alphanumeric and I found things along the lines of:

PHP Code:


			
function is_alphanumeric($someString){

return (preg_match("/[\w\s.]/i", $someString) > 0) ? true : false;

}

But then I found the ctype_alnum function for PHP which should I be using?

The second one seems much better to me

08-01-2008, 09:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jmz The Acquainted Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 113 Thanks: 3	Checking if a string is alphanumeric I was looking for the best way to check if a string is alphanumeric and I found things along the lines of: PHP Code: `function is_alphanumeric($someString){ return (preg_match("/[\w\s.]/i", $someString) > 0) ? true : false; }` But then I found the ctype_alnum function for PHP which should I be using? The second one seems much better to me __________________ Free CSS Tutorials