Php как найти цифру в строке

The reason to write this function:
1. is_numeric() accepts values like: +0123.45e6 (but you would expect it would not)
2. is_int() does not accept HTML form fields (like: 123) because they are treated as strings (like: "123").
3. ctype_digit() excepts all numbers to be strings (like: "123") and does not validate real integers (like: 123).
4. Probably some functions would parse a boolean (like: true or false) as 0 or 1 and validate it in that manner.

My function only accepts numbers regardless whether they are in string or in integer format.
<?php
    /**
     * Check input for existing only of digits (numbers)
     * @author Tim Boormans <info@directwebsolutions.nl>
     * @param $digit
     * @return bool
     */
    function is_digit($digit) {
        if(is_int($digit)) {
            return true;
        } elseif(is_string($digit)) {
            return ctype_digit($digit);
        } else {
            // booleans, floats and others
            return false;
        }
    }
?>

I.E.

<?PHP
$val = 42; //Answer to life
$x = ctype_digit($val);
?>

Will return false, even though, when typecasted to string, it would be true.

<?PHP
$val = '42';
$x = ctype_digit($val);
?>

Returns True.

Could do this too:

<?PHP
$val = 42;
$x = ctype_digit((string) $val);
?>

Which will also return true, as it should.

ctype_digit(5) -> false
ctype_digit(48) -> true
ctype_digit(255) -> false
ctype_digit(256) -> true

(Note: the PHP type must be an int; if you pass strings it works as expected)

<?php ctype_digit("-1");   //false ?>

is_numeric took 0.237 Seconds for one million runs. while ctype_digit took 0.470 Seconds.

<?php
function ctype_int($text)
{
    return preg_match('/^-?[0-9]+$/', (string)$text) ? true : false;
}
?>

<?php// (bool) TRUE if only digits, FALSE otherwise
$isOnlyDigits = (string) (int) $input === (string) $input;?>

I haven't benchmarked it, but I'm guessing it's significantly faster then regular expressions.

<?php
var_dump( ctype_digit('-10') ); //return bool(false)
?>

Improved (and simplified) Tim Boormans code:

<?php
/**
* Check input for existing only of digits (numbers)
* @author Guilherme Nascimento <brcontainer@yahoo.com.br>
* @param $digit
* @return bool
*/
function is_digit($digit)
{
    return preg_match('#^-?d+$#', $digit) && is_int((int) $digit);
}

<?php
if(false!==filter_var($v, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT)){
    // it's a valid int!
    $v=(int)$v;
}else{
    // it's not a valid int
}
?>

or if you want to check that it's a positive integer (>= 0):
<?php
if(false!==filter_var($v, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, ["options"=>["min_range"=>0]])){
    // it's a valid positive integer!
    $v = (int)$v;
}else{
    // it's not a valid positive integer
}?>