ctype_space
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ctype_space — Check for whitespace character(s)
Description
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string,
text, creates whitespace.
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
creates some sort of white space, false otherwise. Besides the
blank character this also includes tab, vertical tab, line feed,
carriage return and form feed characters.
When called with an empty string the result will always be false.
Examples
Example #1 A ctype_space() example
<?php
$strings = array(
'string1' => "\n\r\t",
'string2' => "\narf12",
'string3' => '\n\r\t' // note the single quotes
);
foreach ($strings as $name => $testcase) {
if (ctype_space($testcase)) {
echo "The string '$name' consists of whitespace characters only.\n";
} else {
echo "The string '$name' contains non-whitespace characters.\n";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
The string 'string1' consists of whitespace characters only. The string 'string2' contains non-whitespace characters. The string 'string3' contains non-whitespace characters.
See Also
- ctype_cntrl() - Check for control character(s)
- ctype_graph() - Check for any printable character(s) except space
- ctype_punct() - Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character
