php man page for ctype_cntrl

Query: ctype_cntrl

OS: php

Section: 3

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CTYPE_CNTRL(3)								 1							    CTYPE_CNTRL(3)

ctype_cntrl - Check for control character(s)

SYNOPSIS
bool ctype_cntrl (string $text)
DESCRIPTION
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, $text, are control characters. Control characters are e.g. line feed, tab, escape.
PARAMETERS
o $text - The tested string.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if every character in $text is a control character from the current locale, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 A ctype_cntrl(3) example <?php $strings = array('string1' => " ", 'string2' => 'arf12'); foreach ($strings as $name => $testcase) { if (ctype_cntrl($testcase)) { echo "The string '$name' consists of all control characters. "; } else { echo "The string '$name' does not consist of all control characters. "; } } ?> The above example will output: The string 'string1' consists of all control characters. The string 'string2' does not consist of all control characters.
NOTES
Note If an integer between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative val- ues have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string contain- ing the decimal digits of the integer.
SEE ALSO
ctype_print(3). PHP Documentation Group CTYPE_CNTRL(3)
Related Man Pages
tr(1) - ultrix
ctype_alpha(3) - php
ctype_digit(3) - php
ctype_lower(3) - php
ctype_space(3) - php
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