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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Revision: 297028 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/ctype.xml, last change in rev 1.1 -->
<refentry xml:id="function.ctype-digit" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ctype_digit</refname>
  <refpurpose>Check for numeric character(s)</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>ctype_digit</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>text</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Checks if all of the characters in the provided <type>string</type>,
   <parameter>text</parameter>, are numerical.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>text</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The tested string.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns &true; if every character in the <type>string</type>
   <parameter>text</parameter> is a decimal digit, &false; otherwise.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>5.1.0</entry>
       <entry>
        Before PHP 5.1.0, this function returned &true;
        when <parameter>text</parameter> was an empty string.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>ctype_digit</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$strings = array('1820.20', '10002', 'wsl!12');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
    if (ctype_digit($testcase)) {
        echo "The string $testcase consists of all digits.\n";
    } else {
        echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all digits.\n";
    }
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
The string 1820.20 does not consist of all digits.
The string 10002 consists of all digits.
The string wsl!12 does not consist of all digits.
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>ctype_digit</function> example comparing strings with integers</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$numeric_string = '42';
$integer        = 42;

ctype_digit($numeric_string);  // true
ctype_digit($integer);         // false

is_numeric($numeric_string);   // true
is_numeric($integer);          // true
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    This function require a <type>string</type> to be useful, so for example passing
    in an <type>integer</type> will always return &false;. However, also note that
    HTML Forms will result in numeric strings and not integers. See also the
    <link linkend="language.types">types</link> section of the manual. 
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ctype_alnum</function></member>
    <member><function>ctype_xdigit</function></member>
    <member><function>is_numeric</function></member>
    <member><function>is_int</function></member>
    <member><function>is_string</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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