String validation
Вернуться к: Validate (main package)
String validation
This method validates string using the given format.
This method takes two arguments:
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String.
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An array of options.
Various option are:
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format (mixed) - Format of the string
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VALIDATE_NUM - Number (0-9).
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VALIDATE_SPACE - Space (\s).
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VALIDATE_ALPHA_LOWER - Lower case alphabets (a-z).
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VALIDATE_ALPHA_UPPER - Upper case alphabets (A-Z).
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VALIDATE_ALPHA - Alphabets (a-Z).
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VALIDATE_EALPHA_LOWER - Lower case letters with an accent (French, ...), umlauts (German), special characters (e.g. Skandinavian) and VALIDATE_ALPHA_LOWER.
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VALIDATE_EALPHA_UPPER - Upper case letters with an accent (French, ...), umlauts (German), special characters (e.g. Skandinavian) and VALIDATE_ALPHA_UPPER.
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VALIDATE_EALPHA - Letters with an accent (French, ...), umlauts (German), special characters (e.g. Skandinavian) and VALIDATE_ALPHA.
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VALIDATE_PUNCTUATION - Punctuation .,;:&"?!', "(" and ")".
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VALIDATE_NAME - VALIDATE_EALPHA, VALIDATE_SPACE, "'" and "-".
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VALIDATE_STREET - VALIDATE_NUM and VALIDATE_NAME, "\./", "º" and "ª".
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min_length (int) - Minimum length.
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max_length (int) - Maximum length.
How to use String Validation
String Validation
The following example assumes that one wants to validate a string when only uppercase alphabets, numbers and space are allowed
<?php
require_once 'Validate.php';
if (Validate::string("1984 GEORGE ORWELL", array(
'format' => VALIDATE_NUM . VALIDATE_SPACE . VALIDATE_ALPHA_UPPER))) {
echo 'Valid!';
} else {
echo 'Invalid!';
}
?> Вернуться к: Validate (main package)