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Php function to determine if a string consist of only alphanumerical characters?

I need to validate the string using PHP and regexpresisons

string can be min. 4 chars, up to 64 and needs to be only aplphanumeric

all I got so far:

/^[A-Za-z0-9]{4,64}$/

Answer 1

Your regex is correct (assuming you only want to match ASCII alphanumerics), so you’re probably using it incorrectly. To check whether a string $subject matches this regex, use

if (preg_match('/^[A-Z0-9]{4,64}$/i', $subject)) {
    # Successful match
} else {
    # Match attempt failed
}

Note the /i option to make the regex case-insensitive. If you also want to match other letters/digits, use /^[\p{L}\p{N}]{4,64}$/ as your regex.