(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ctype_print — Check for printable character(s)
$text
) : bool
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string,
text, are printable.
textThe tested string.
Returns TRUE if every character in text
will actually create output (including blanks). Returns FALSE if
text contains control characters or characters
that do not have any output or control function at all.
Example #1 A ctype_print() example
<?php
$strings = array('string1' => "asdf\n\r\t", 'string2' => 'arf12', 'string3' => 'LKA#@%.54');
foreach ($strings as $name => $testcase) {
if (ctype_print($testcase)) {
echo "The string '$name' consists of all printable characters.\n";
} else {
echo "The string '$name' does not consist of all printable characters.\n";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
The string 'string1' does not consist of all printable characters. The string 'string2' consists of all printable characters. The string 'string3' consists of all printable characters.
Note:
If an integer 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.