Extract a single integer from a string

Question

I want to extract the digits from a string that contains numbers and letters like:

"In My Cart : 11 items"

I want to extract the nu

Answer 1

for utf8 str:

function unicodeStrDigits($str) {
    $arr = array();
    $sub = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($str); $i++) { 
        if (is_numeric($str[$i])) {
            $sub .= $str[$i];
            continue;
        } else {
            if ($sub) {
                array_push($arr, $sub);
                $sub = '';
            }
        }
    }

    if ($sub) {
        array_push($arr, $sub); 
    }

    return $arr;
}