# lists@xxxxxxxxx / 2007-01-17 17:02:12 -0800:
> Beauford wrote:
> > if(!preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_.' ]+$/", $string)) {
> > return "Invalid Characters";
> >}
> In your regex you have a "." this will match anything
>
> try this:
>
> <plaintext><?php
>
> function ValidateString($string) {
> if ( preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\_\.\' -]+/", $string) ) {
> return "Invalid Characters";
> }
> return false;
> }
That "." is inside a character class where it is a literal character
(matches only "."). Why are you backslashing the underscore is beyond
me.
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