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# ctype_punct

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

ctype_punct -- Check for any printable character which is not whitespace or an alphanumeric character

## Description

bool ctype_punct ( string text )

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

## Parameters

text

  The tested string.

## Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if every character in text is printable, but neither letter, digit or blank, `FALSE` otherwise.

## Examples

Example 1. A ctype_punct() example
`<?php $strings = array('ABasdk!@!$#', '!@ # $', '*&$()'); foreach ($strings as $testcase) { if (ctype_punct($testcase)) { echo "The string $testcase consists of all punctuation.\n"; } else { echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all punctuation.\n"; } } ?>`
The above example will output:
    The string ABasdk!@!$# does not consist of all punctuation.
    The string !@ # $ does not consist of all punctuation.
    The string *&$() consists of all punctuation.

## See Also

ctype_cntrl()
ctype_graph()

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