http://php.net/is_numeric On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Chris Aitken wrote:
> > Ive been playing around with ereg for about half an hour and having no joy > because I dont really understand the medhod behind it and how it all works. > But what im trying to do is check to see if a 9 digit string is all numbers > and nothing else > > $string1 = "123456789" > $string2 = "123456abc" > > > how would I check either string with an IF statement and make it continue > on string 1 (ie, all numbers) and error on string 2 (not all numbers). > > > Any suggestions ? > > > > Thanks > > > Chris > > -- > Chris Aitken - Administration/Database Designer - IDEAL Internet > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 2 4628 8888 fax: +61 2 4628 8890 > __-----------------------------------------__ > It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, > some moron in a rotary will still to try and pass them > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]