Chris, if (preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9\.]+\s*[A-Za-z0-9\.]*$/", "Co. Dublin")) echo "TRUE"; else echo "FALSE"; prints "TRUE" for me. Cheers, David Grant Chris Boget wrote: > Why isn't this regular expression > > ^[A-Za-z0-9\.]+\s*[A-Za-z0-9\.]*$ > > allowing for this value: > > 'Co. Dublin' (w/o the single quotes) > > ? It's failing the regular expression match... > > thnx, > Chris > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php