How would i use the php function preg_match() to test a string to see if any spaces exist?
example
"this sentence would be tested true for spaces"
"thisOneWouldTestFalse"
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A:
If you're interested in any white space (including tabs etc), use \s
if (preg_match("/\\s/", $myString)) {
// there are spaces
}
if you're just interested in spaces then you don't even need a regex:
if (strpos($myString, " ") !== false)
nickf
2009-09-06 05:48:36
You've got the strpos parameters around the wrong way. Should be: if (strpos($myString, " ") !== false)
ncatnow
2010-08-16 14:21:33
@ncatnow, thanks for the heads up. That's been sitting there, wrong, for almost a year. :p
nickf
2010-08-17 04:40:52
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A:
Also see this StackOverflow question that addresses this.
And, depending on if you want to detect tabs and other types of white space, you may want to look at the perl regular expression syntax for things such as \b \w and [:SPACE:]
JYelton
2009-09-06 05:52:33