class ApplicationHelper (View source)

Application Helper.

Methods

static boolean
isAscii(string $string)

Tests whether a string contains only 7bit ASCII bytes.

Details

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static boolean isAscii(string $string)

Tests whether a string contains only 7bit ASCII bytes.

You might use this to conditionally check whether a string needs handling as UTF-8 or not, potentially offering performance benefits by using the native PHP equivalent if it's just ASCII e.g.;

Parameters

string $string The string to test.

Return Value

boolean True if the string is all ASCII