ctype_alnum() is a godsend for quick and easy username/data filtering when used in conjunction with str_replace().
Let's say your usernames have dash(-) and underscore(_) allowable and alphanumeric digits as well.
Instead of a regex you can trade a bit of performance for simplicity:
<?php
$sUser = 'my_username01';
$aValid = array('-', '_');
if(!ctype_alnum(str_replace($aValid, '', $sUser))) {
echo 'Your username is not properly formatted.';
}
?>
ctype_alnum
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ctype_alnum — 检测字母数字式字符
参数
返回值
如果 text 中所有的字符不是字母就是数字，则返回
true，否则返回 false。当使用空字符串调用时，结果始终为 false。
示例
示例 #1 ctype_alnum() 示例 (使用默认的区域设置)
<?php
$strings = array('AbCd1zyZ9', 'foo!#$bar');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
if (ctype_alnum($testcase)) {
echo "The string $testcase consists of all letters or digits.\n";
} else {
echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all letters or digits.\n";
}
}
?>以上示例会输出：
The string AbCd1zyZ9 consists of all letters or digits. The string foo!#$bar does not consist of all letters or digits.
参见
- ctype_alpha() - 检测字母字符
- ctype_digit() - 检测数字字符
- setlocale() - 设置区域信息
- IntlChar::isalnum() - Check if code point is an alphanumeric character
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User Contributed Notes 4 notes
thinice at gmail dot com ¶
15 years ago
Anonymous ¶
11 years ago
Quicktip: If ctype is not enabled by default on your server, replace ctype_alnum($var) with preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/', $var).
marcelocamargo at linuxmail dot org ¶
8 years ago
It is also important to note that the behavior of `ctype_alnum` differs according to the operating system. For UNIX-based operating system, if you pass a value that is not a string (or an overloaded object), independently of the value, it will always result in false. However, if we do the same on Windows, using, for example, -1 as literal (a minus and a number greater than 0), we'll have true as result.
<?php var_dump(ctype_alnum(-1));
// UNIX: bool(false)
// Windows: bool(true)
