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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers test a string... Post 302166501 by Kaminski on Tuesday 12th of February 2008 04:11:22 AM
Old 02-12-2008
test a string...

Hi! I'm using

echo $string | grep "[^0-9]" -c

to test in a script if a string is a number and it seems to work. But how can i find, for example, if a string is a four figures number ?

Thanks to all!
 

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gnupg_sign - Signs a given text

SYNOPSIS
string gnupg_sign (resource $identifier, string $plaintext) DESCRIPTION
Signs the given $plaintext with the keys, which were set with gnupg_addsignkey before and returns the signed text or the signature, depending on what was set with gnupg_setsignmode. PARAMETERS
o $identifier -The gnupg identifier, from a call to gnupg_init(3) or gnupg. o $plaintext - The plain text being signed. RETURN VALUES
On success, this function returns the signed text or the signature. On failure, this function returns FALSE. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Procedural gnupg_sign(3) example <?php $res = gnupg_init(); gnupg_addsignkey($res,"8660281B6051D071D94B5B230549F9DC851566DC","test"); $signed = gnupg_sign($res, "just a test"); echo $signed; ?> Example #2 OO gnupg_sign(3) example <?php $gpg = new gnupg(); $gpg->addsignkey("8660281B6051D071D94B5B230549F9DC851566DC","test"); $signed = $gpg->sign("just a test"); echo $signed; ?> PHP Documentation Group GNUPG_SIGN(3)
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