Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character with ctype_punct in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character with ctype_punct.
Example
//from w w w. ja v a 2 s.c o m
<?php
$strings = array('234fsdfasdf234!@!$#', '!@ # $', '*&$()');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
if (ctype_punct($testcase)) {
echo "The string $testcase consists of all punctuation.\n";
} else {
echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all punctuation.\n";
}
}
?>
The code above generates the following result.
