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Old 02-22-2006
Question Extracting only Alphabets from a value

Hi,

I have file name (abcd001). I want to extract on the alphabets from this file name. I don't want the numeric part of it. Once i extract the alphabets the i can search for all those file. Could anyone help on this. Thanks in advance
 

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MB_CONVERT_KANA(3)							 1							MB_CONVERT_KANA(3)

mb_convert_kana - Convert ";kana" one from another ("zen-kaku", "han-kaku" and more)

SYNOPSIS
string mb_convert_kana (string $str, [string $option = "KV"], [string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding()]) DESCRIPTION
Performs a "han-kaku" - "zen-kaku" conversion for string$str. This function is only useful for Japanese. PARAMETERS
o $str - The string being converted. o $option - The conversion option. Specify with a combination of following options. Applicable Conversion Options +-------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Option | | | | | | | Meaning | | | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------+ | | | | r | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku" alphabets to "han-kaku" | | | | | | | | R | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku" alphabets to "zen-kaku" | | | | | | | | n | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku" numbers to "han-kaku" | | | | | | | | N | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku" numbers to "zen-kaku" | | | | | | | | a | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku" alphabets and numbers to | | | "han-kaku" | | | | | | | | A | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku" alphabets and numbers to | | | "zen-kaku" (Characters included in "a", "A" | | | options are U+0021 - U+007E excluding U+0022, | | | U+0027, U+005C, U+007E) | | | | | | | | s | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku" space to "han-kaku" (U+3000 | | | -> U+0020) | | | | | | | | S | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku" space to "zen-kaku" (U+0020 | | | -> U+3000) | | | | | | | | k | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku kata-kana" to "han-kaku kata- | | | kana" | | | | | | | | K | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku kata- | | | kana" | | | | | | | | h | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku hira-gana" to "han-kaku kata- | | | kana" | | | | | | | | H | | | | | | | Convert "han-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku hira- | | | gana" | | | | | | | | c | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku kata-kana" to "zen-kaku hira- | | | gana" | | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | Convert "zen-kaku hira-gana" to "zen-kaku kata- | | | kana" | | | | | | | | V | | | | | | | Collapse voiced sound notation and convert them | | | into a character. Use with "K","H" | | | | +-------+---------------------------------------------------+ o $encoding -The $encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used. RETURN VALUES
The converted string. EXAMPLES
Example #1 mb_convert_kana(3) example <?php /* Convert all "kana" to "zen-kaku" "kata-kana" */ $str = mb_convert_kana($str, "KVC"); /* Convert "han-kaku" "kata-kana" to "zen-kaku" "kata-kana" and "zen-kaku" alpha-numeric to "han-kaku" */ $str = mb_convert_kana($str, "KVa"); ?> PHP Documentation Group MB_CONVERT_KANA(3)
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