Quick PHP Code Tips and Examples

There are times when you need a function that can detect strings which contains onlyalphabetic characters. While is_numeric can validate a given string contains numeric character, there are no is_* function variation exist which can do the same for alphabetic strings.

However, you can still test for alphabetic string using ctype_alpha() function. Example usage :

Good luck, and happy coding.

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after that, dont forget to execute VACUUM to compact the database :