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May
20thPHP: Use REGEX to Ensure that your received Variable is a Number
It is a good idea to check that the variables your script is receiving are in fact of the correct type in terms of value passed. For example, when receiving some sort of record ID value, 99% of the time we are expecting a numeric value. A simple method to ensure that the variable to be processed is indeed numeric, is through the use of a simple REGEX statement applied using the preg_replace PHP function.
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Nov
26thPHP: Strip Non-Alphanumeric Characters out of a String
Sometimes it comes in quite handy to strip out all the non-alphanumeric characters from a given string. Of course, we could just use a bog standard preg_replace with a valid regex to achieve this, though the result of doing this might result in a non-readable resulting string.
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Jul
2ndPHP: How to Remove or Replace Strings from the Front and End of a Value
Today’s little PHP hint is a pretty simple one, but one worth tackling if you are looking for a quick and easy way to strip a particular string pattern off the front and end of a value.
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May
7thPHP: How to Get all the Numbers out of an Alphanumeric String?
Given a registration code, or something important like that, which often contains information encoded in the alphanumeric string itself, it is sometimes quite useful to be able to simply strip out the letters from the string, leaving only the numeric part behind.
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Apr
21stPHP: How to Get all the Letters out of an Alphanumeric String?Given a registration code, or something important like that, which often contains information encoded in the alphanumeric string itself, it is sometimes quite useful to be able to simply strip out the numbers from the string, leaving only the letters behind.
