How to check if a variable contains english letter

[rolwong]

Let's say if i have a variable $school_name="ABC school". I would like to check if the school name contains english letters or not. I tried to use this method , but it doesn't work..

preg_match("/^{[a-zA-Z]+$/",} trim($school_name))

[rpanning]

Maybe ctype_alpha() might help you.

[Weedpacket]

Just drop the ^, the +, and the $.