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96 lines
2.7 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
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<!-- Purpose: basic.vartype -->
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<!-- Membership: bundled -->
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<reference id="ref.ctype">
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<title>Character Type Functions</title>
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<titleabbrev>ctype</titleabbrev>
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<partintro>
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<section id="ctype.intro">
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&reftitle.intro;
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<para>
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The functions provided by this extension check whether a character
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or string falls into a certain character class according to the
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current locale (see also <function>setlocale</function>).
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</para>
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<para>
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When called with an integer argument these functions
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behave exactly like their C counterparts from
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<filename>ctype.h</filename>.
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It means that if you pass an integer smaller than 256 it will use the
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ASCII value of it to see if it fits in the specified range (digits are in
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0x30-0x39). If the number is between -128 and -1 inclusive then 256 will
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be added and the check will be done on that.
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</para>
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<para>
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When called with a string argument they will check
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every character in the string and will only return
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&true; if every character in the string matches the
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requested criteria. When called with an empty string
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the result will always be &true; in PHP < 5.1 and &false; since 5.1.
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</para>
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<para>
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Passing anything else but a string or integer will
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return &false; immediately.
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</para>
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<para>
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It should be noted that ctype functions are always preferred over
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regular expressions, and even to some equivalent str_* and is_* functions.
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This is because of the fact that ctype uses a native C library and thus
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processes significantly faster.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="ctype.requirements">
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&reftitle.required;
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<para>
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None besides functions from the standard C library which are
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always available.
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</para>
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</section>
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&reference.ctype.configure;
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<section id="ctype.configuration">
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&reftitle.runtime;
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&no.config;
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</section>
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<section id="ctype.resources">
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&reftitle.resources;
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&no.resource;
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</section>
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<section id="ctype.constants">
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&reftitle.constants;
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&no.constants;
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</section>
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</partintro>
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&reference.ctype.functions;
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</reference>
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Local variables:
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mode: sgml
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sgml-omittag:t
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sgml-shorttag:t
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sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
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sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-indent-data:t
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indent-tabs-mode:nil
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sgml-parent-document:nil
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
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sgml-exposed-tags:nil
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sgml-local-catalogs:nil
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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End:
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vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
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vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
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vi: ts=1 sw=1
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-->
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