JFYI :

var_dump ( '' == 0 ) eq TRUE

William Lovaton wrote:

I don't think so,

Wouldn't be better if ctype_digit() return false on an empty string??
any way an empty string is not a digit.

This change will brake backward compatibility so it is not an option.

if you look carefully the function that you propose is doing two things
at once... at this level this is not a good idea.


-William



El mi? 07-04-2004 a las 12:39, Red Wingate escribió:


No, as this would be yet another line of source. Maybe get those guys
to add another function

ctype_digit_and_not_empty();

-- red

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* Thus wrote William Lovaton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

or modify is_numeric() to explictly perform an integer validation:
is_numeric(mixed value [, bool is_integer = false])

um.. ctype_digit().

Very nice! it works fine. The only issue is that it will return true if the parameter is an empty string (""). Nothing that an empty() can't fix.

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