How to separate letters and digits from a string in php

Question

I have a string which is combination of letters and digits. For my application i have to separate a string with letters and digits: ex:If my string is \"12jan\" i hav to ge

Answer 1

This works for me as per my requirement, you can edit as per yours

function stringSeperator($string,$type_return){

    $numbers =array();
    $alpha = array();
    $array = str_split($string);
    for($x = 0; $x< count($array); $x++){
        if(is_numeric($array[$x]))
            array_push($numbers,$array[$x]);
        else
            array_push($alpha,$array[$x]);
    }// end for         

    $alpha = implode($alpha);
    $numbers = implode($numbers);

    if($type_return == 'number')    
    return $numbers;
    elseif($type_return == 'alpha')
    return $alpha;

}// end function