Find First Alphanumeric Character

[papaface]

Hello,

Can someone please tell me how I would go about finding the first alphanumeric character in a string?

 

Thank you

[craygo]

can try putting a couple functions together

 

<?php
$string = "Here! is some text, and numbers 12345, and symbols !£$%^&";

$new_string = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $string);
$first_alpha = substr($new_string,0,1);
echo $first_alpha;
?>

 

Ray

[effigy]

In terms of ASCII:

<pre>
<?php
$data = '#(%*@(*$!*A1B';
preg_match('/[a-z\d]/i', $data, $matches);
print_r($matches);
?>
</pre>

[papaface]

Thanks