Check for alphanumeric character(s) with ctype_alnum in PHP

Description

The following code shows how to check for alphanumeric character(s) with ctype_alnum.

Example


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<?php
$strings = array('AbCd1zyZ9', 'foo!#$bar');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
    if (ctype_alnum($testcase)) {
        echo "The string $testcase consists of all letters or digits.\n";
    } else {
        echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all letters or digits.\n";
    }
}
?>

The code above generates the following result.





















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