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ctype_punct

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character

Description

ctype_punct(mixed $text): bool

Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are punctuation character.

Parameters

text

The tested string. Integer Non-string

Return Values

Returns true if every character in text is printable, but neither letter, digit or blank, false otherwise. Empty-string

Examples

A ctype_punct() example

php
<?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:

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

Source: reference/ctype/functions/ctype-punct.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)