ctype_graph to validate printable characters except space in PHP

$var='Hi Welcome'; // All are printable character(s) except space
//$var='plus2net'; //  All are printable character(s) except space
//$var='Hi \n welcome'; // All or some are NOT printable character(s)
//$var='abcd \t xy'; // All or some are NOT printable character(s)

if(ctype_graph($var)){
	echo "$var All are printable character(s) except space ";
}else{ 
	echo " $var All or some are NOT printable character(s)";
}

Syntax

bool ctype_graph ( string $input_string )

$input_string : String to be checked.

ctype_graph() is a PHP filter function checks if all chars in the $input_string are printable characters except space or not. Any thing other than this if present then it return FALSE.

$str = array('string1' => "12$s", 'string2' => "Hello World", 'string3' => "asdf\n\r\t",'string4' => 32);
foreach ($str as $val => $string) {
if (ctype_graph($string)) {
 echo "<p class='text-success'>The string <b>$val</b> consists of all  printable character(s)</p><br>";
}else {
 echo "<p class='text-danger'>The string <b>$val</b> does not consist of all printable character(s)</p><br>";
 }
}

Output is here

The string string1 consists of all  printable character(s)

The string string2 does not consist of all printable character(s)

The string string3 does not consist of all printable character(s)

The string string4 does not consist of all printable character(s)

Why the $string4 => 32 is not printable chars in above code ?

The function ctype_graph() expects the input to be a string, hence 32 is considered as ASCII 32 ( which is equal to space ).
Check for only alphabetic characters by ctype_alpha() Check for all lower or upper Check for at least one lower case or upper case
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ctype_graph to printable characters except space

Subhendu Mohapatra