. means *ANY* character, unless you escape it for PCRE \. is what PCRE needs. So, in PHP, to get the \ down to PCRE, you want 2 \: Then there is the issue that '-' looks like a "range" character (A-Z etc) so you should put it at the end. And there is no need to use the confusing (to me) ::xyz:: stuff... '/[A-Za-z0-9\\'\\.& _-]/' You can simplify this a bit to: '/[A-Z0-9\\'\\.& _-]/i' That assumes PCRE. If you've regressed to that ereg stuff, you're on your own. On Thu, November 16, 2006 3:08 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I'm trying to match alphanumeric characters, some common symbols, and > spaces. Why does this NOT match strings containing spaces?: > [A-Za-z0-9\'.&-:underscore::space:] > > I've also tried these, that also fail to match strings containing > spaces: > [A-Za-z0-9\'.&- :underscore:] > [A-Z a-z0-9\'.&-:underscore:] > [:space:A-Za-z0-9\'.&-:underscore:] > > All these regexes match strings containing the specified characters, > but none of them match strings with spaces. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com/ > http://technology-sleuth.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
