Php/docs/function.ctype-xdigit
ctype_xdigit
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ctype_xdigit — Check for character(s) representing a hexadecimal digit
Description
ctype_xdigit
( mixed $text
) : bool
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string,
text, are hexadecimal 'digits'.
Parameters
textThe tested string.
Note:
If an int between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative values have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string containing the decimal digits of the integer.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if every character in text is
a hexadecimal 'digit', that is a decimal digit or a character from
[A-Fa-f] , FALSE otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 A ctype_xdigit() example
<?php$strings = array('AB10BC99', 'AR1012', 'ab12bc99');foreach ($strings as $testcase) { if (ctype_xdigit($testcase)) { echo "The string $testcase consists of all hexadecimal digits.\n"; } else { echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all hexadecimal digits.\n"; }}?>
The above example will output:
The string AB10BC99 consists of all hexadecimal digits. The string AR1012 does not consist of all hexadecimal digits. The string ab12bc99 consists of all hexadecimal digits.
