Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

[Cmac]

Hello All,
I am writing a function that is php 4.4.1 compatible to remove any char
that is not alnum. My question is, is there a built in function in PHP
that will do this for me?

Thanks!
Cmac

[Justin Koivisto]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

Cmac wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello All,
> I am writing a function that is php 4.4.1 compatible to remove any char
> that is not alnum. My question is, is there a built in function in PHP
> that will do this for me?[/color]

preg_replace('`[^a-z0-9]`i','',$string) ;

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[d]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

"Cmac" <cordmcphail@gm ail.com> wrote in message
news:1140625972 .085726.99790@g 14g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
> Hello All,
> I am writing a function that is php 4.4.1 compatible to remove any char
> that is not alnum. My question is, is there a built in function in PHP
> that will do this for me?[/color]

$string=preg_re place("/[^a-z\d]/i", "", $string);

that'll do it :)
[color=blue]
> Thanks!
> Cmac
>[/color]

[Cmac]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

Thanks :D !!!

[Cmac]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

You know, I forgot to mention that I did not want to remove spaces, so
I did this...

$string=preg_re place("/[^a-z \d]/i", "", $string);

and it worked swimmingly :D

thanks again!

[Cmac]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

SO for my own benefit and for posterity's sake:

preg_replace() is Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) function to
replace a match:

preg_replace(pa ttern,replaceme nt,haystack)

in this RegEx /[^a-z \d]/i

[match a-z SPACE and any decimal number] / CASEINSENSITIVE switch.

Thanks a lot all!

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

Cmac wrote:[color=blue]
> in this RegEx /[^a-z \d]/i
>
> [match a-z SPACE and any decimal number] / CASEINSENSITIVE switch.
>[/color]

Actually, this means [*do not* match a-z SPACE and any decimal number]


JW

[Cmac]

Re: Function to strip non-alphanumeric chars...

see, now I know more ;^) -thanks!