str_increment

Increment an alphanumeric string

Description

string str_increment(string $string)

Returns the incremented alphanumeric ASCII string.

Parameters

string

The input string.

Return Values

Returns the incremented alphanumeric ASCII string.

Errors/Exceptions

A ValueError is thrown if string is empty.

A ValueError is thrown if string is not an alphanumeric ASCII string.

Examples

Example #1 Basic str_increment example

<?php
$str = 'ABC';
var_dump(str_increment($str));
?>

The above example will output:

string(3) "ABD"

Example #2 str_increment example with a carry

<?php
$str = 'DZ';
var_dump(str_increment($str));

$str = 'ZZ';
var_dump(str_increment($str));
?>

The above example will output:

string(2) "EA"
string(3) "AAA"

See Also

  • str_decrement