ctype_print
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ctype_print — Check for printable character(s)
Description
ctype_print ( mixed $text ) : bool
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are printable.
Parameters
-
text -
The tested string.
Note:
If an int between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative values have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string containing the decimal digits of the integer.
Return Values
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.
Examples
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";
}
}
?> The above example will output:
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.
See Also
- 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
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ctype-print.php