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</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">echo</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"<h1>Welcome to Our PHP Tutorial</h1>"</span></span><span>;
</span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">echo</span></span><span> </span><span><span class="hljs-string">"<p>This is a sample page demonstrating PHP development.</p>"</span></span><span>;
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// Article content begins<br>
echo "<h2>How to Use is_integer to Ensure User Input Is an Integer in Form Validation</h2>";</p>
<p>echo <span><span class="hljs-string">"<p>In web development, form input validation is crucial, especially when you need to ensure that the user input is an integer. PHP provides <code>is_integer()As you can see, even if the user enters an integer, is_integer() still returns false because it checks the variable type, not the value.
"; echo "A common approach is to first convert the input to an integer, then use is_integer(), or use filter_var or a regular expression. For example:
"; echo "<br>
$age = $_POST['age'];<br>
if (filter_var($age, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT) !== false) {<br>
echo 'Input is an integer';<br>
} else {<br>
echo 'Input is not an integer';<br>
}<br>
";
echo "Alternatively, cast the input to an integer first and then check with is_integer():
"; echo "<br>
$age = (int)$_POST['age'];<br>
if (is_integer($age)) {<br>
echo 'Input is an integer';<br>
} else {<br>
echo 'Input is not an integer';<br>
}<br>
";
echo "Although is_integer() can determine whether a variable type is an integer, using it directly on form input may lead to incorrect results. The best practice is to combine filter_var or regular expressions to ensure the user input is a valid integer.
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