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URL: http://reusablecode.blogspot.com/2008/07/isalphanumeric.html

  1. <?php
  2. /*
  3.   Copyright (c) 2008, reusablecode.blogspot.com; some rights reserved.
  4.  
  5.   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view
  6.   a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or
  7.   send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
  8.   94305, USA.
  9.   */
  10.  
  11. // Checks if a string contains only alpha characters.
  12. function is_alpha($someString)
  13. {
  14. return (preg_match("/[A-Z\s_]/i", $someString) > 0) ? true : false;
  15. }
  16. ?>

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