ctype_punct
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ctype_punct — Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character
Description
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string,
text, are punctuation character.
Parameters
-
text -
The tested string.
Note:
If an int between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative values have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string containing the decimal digits of the integer.
WarningAs of PHP 8.1.0, passing a non-string argument is deprecated. In the future, the argument will be interpreted as a string instead of an ASCII codepoint. Depending on the intended behavior, the argument should either be cast to string or an explicit call to chr() should be made.
Return Values
Returns true if every character in text
is printable, but neither letter, digit or blank, false otherwise.
When called with an empty string the result will always be false.
Examples
Example #1 A ctype_punct() example
<?php
$strings = array('ABasdk!@!$#', '!@ # $', '*&$()');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
if (ctype_punct($testcase)) {
echo "The string $testcase consists of all punctuation.\n";
} else {
echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all punctuation.\n";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
The string ABasdk!@!$# does not consist of all punctuation. The string !@ # $ does not consist of all punctuation. The string *&$() consists of all punctuation.
See Also
- ctype_cntrl() - Check for control character(s)
- ctype_graph() - Check for any printable character(s) except space
