regexp to leave only alpha/numeric chars

[Bosconian]

Using preg_replace() is there a simple regexp to strip everything from a
string except alpha and numeric chars (a-zA-Z0-9)?

$input = "$tring1!";
$pattern =
$input = preg_replace($pattern, "", $input);

result: "tring1"

[Kenneth Downs]

Bosconian wrote:

Using preg_replace() is there a simple regexp to strip everything from a
string except alpha and numeric chars (a-zA-Z0-9)?

$input = "$tring1!";
$pattern =
$input = preg_replace($pattern, "", $input);

result: "tring1"

Chances are anything you will ever try to do with regexp's has been done,
and there may even be a shortcut for it. So at this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/referen...ern.syntax.php

you would be able to find this:

$input = preg_replace('\W','',$input)

This will leave in underscores, but that is easily fixed:

$input = preg_replace('[\W_]','',$input)

Also try reading an introduction to regexp's in a Perl guide, you can likely
find something more of a tutorial there to get you started.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)

[Bosconian]

"Kenneth Downs" <kn**************@see.sigblock> wrote in message
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Bosconian wrote:

Using preg_replace() is there a simple regexp to strip everything from a
string except alpha and numeric chars (a-zA-Z0-9)?

$input = "$tring1!";
$pattern =
$input = preg_replace($pattern, "", $input);

result: "tring1"
Chances are anything you will ever try to do with regexp's has been done,
and there may even be a shortcut for it. So at this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/referen...ern.syntax.php

you would be able to find this:

$input = preg_replace('\W','',$input)

This will leave in underscores, but that is easily fixed:

$input = preg_replace('[\W_]','',$input)

Also try reading an introduction to regexp's in a Perl guide, you can

likely find something more of a tutorial there to get you started.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)

Ken,

I was able to use your example, but not without adding starting and ending
delimiters:

'/[\W_]/'

Nothing was stripped without them.

I will bone-up on my regexp syntax.

Many thanks.

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Bosconian wrote:

I was able to use your example, but not without adding starting and ending
delimiters: '/[\W_]/'

You might find '/[\W_]+/' faster. Also, on the linked doc page it says
the \w and \W are locale specific; there might be accented characters
left behind. If you don't want that, use '/[^a-z0-9]+/i'.
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[Kenneth Downs]

Bosconian wrote:

"Kenneth Downs" <kn**************@see.sigblock> wrote in message
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Bosconian wrote:

> Using preg_replace() is there a simple regexp to strip everything from
> a string except alpha and numeric chars (a-zA-Z0-9)?
>
> $input = "$tring1!";
> $pattern =
> $input = preg_replace($pattern, "", $input);
>
> result: "tring1"

Chances are anything you will ever try to do with regexp's has been done,
and there may even be a shortcut for it. So at this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/referen...ern.syntax.php

you would be able to find this:

$input = preg_replace('\W','',$input)

This will leave in underscores, but that is easily fixed:

$input = preg_replace('[\W_]','',$input)

Also try reading an introduction to regexp's in a Perl guide, you can

likely

find something more of a tutorial there to get you started.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)

Ken,

I was able to use your example, but not without adding starting and ending
delimiters:

'/[\W_]/'

Nothing was stripped without them.

I will bone-up on my regexp syntax.

Many thanks.

I would love to say I left the delimiters out on purpose to improve your
skills, but it would be a lie. I just forgot.

Glad it helped.
--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)

[Bosconian]

"Ewoud Dronkert" <fi*******@lastname.net.invalid> wrote in message
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Bosconian wrote:

I was able to use your example, but not without adding starting and ending delimiters: '/[\W_]/'

You might find '/[\W_]+/' faster. Also, on the linked doc page it says
the \w and \W are locale specific; there might be accented characters
left behind. If you don't want that, use '/[^a-z0-9]+/i'.
--
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Even better. Thanks for the tip.