if (preg_match("/\d/", $data) {
print 'The $data contained a number';
}
On 2001.08.09 07:05 scott [gts] wrote:
> here are two regexps that might do what you want
>
> "\w" matches alphanum (1-9a-zA-z)
>
> IMO, the best way to check for non-alphanum chars is
> to check for "\W" (upper case is negation of alphanum,
> which will match only non-alphanum).
>
>
>
> if (preg_match('/^\w+$/', $data)) {
> print "entirely alphanum
> }
> if (preg_match('/\W+/', $data)) {
> print "Contains non-alphanum!!";
> }
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kurth Bemis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 4:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] regexps
> >
> >
> > i need to find out if a string (user imputed) conatins numbers. I want
>
> > only a-zA-Z to be in a field. (their name for example....and city)...i
>
> > have the following however my regexps are VERY weak as i am a beginner.
> >
> > function validatetext($text){
> > if (is_string($text)== 1){
> > return "good";
> > }else{
> > return "bad";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > ~kurth
> >
> >
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