Good to know filter_var() exists in PHP5 Unless you have PHP5 you better validate the string in the way of checking if it is fit's to your allowed characters and not checking if it contains the NOT allowed charaters. You better use: [a-z0-9A-Z\_\.]+ instead of [^\)\(\*\&\^\%\$\#\@\!\~]+ and I haven't started yet with the weirdy ones.... HTH, Nitsan On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Yeti <yeti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If your trying to filter E-Mail addresses, then filter_var is what you > > should use: > > > > http://php.net/filter_var > > If the OP (original poster) got PHP5+ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >