How to check if variable is Alphabetic or Numeric in PHP?

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How to check if variable is Alphabetic or Numeric in PHP?

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Depending on how you define numeric, you'll use one of the following functions :

• is_numeric
• ctype_digit

With the first one, numeric is defined as (quoting) :

Numeric strings consist of optional sign, any number of digits, optional decimal part and optional exponential part.

While, with the second one, you will (quoting) :

Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are numerical

And, for alphabetic, you'll be interested by :

• ctype_alpha

Quoting :

Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are alphabetic. In the standard C locale letters are just [A-Za-z]

And, as pointed out by @Long Ears in his comment, if you want to check both in a single shot, you'll find the ctype_alnum() function (quoting) :

Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are alphanumeric.

In any case, you might want to take a look at the full list of Ctype functions.

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Use the is_numeric function:

is_numeric("42");           // true
is_numeric(1337);           // true
is_numeric("1e4");          // true
is_numeric("not numeric");  // false
is_numeric(Array());        // false
is_numeric(9.1);            // true

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You can use is_numeric() or ctype_alpha() functions

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you quick test the input val by if numeric or alpha`enter code here`
using this php function 
if(ctype_alnum($eafrik)){ 
  echo "is alphatnumeric"; 
}else{ 
  echo "is not alphanumeric" 
}