No problem ;) Regards, Igor Escobar *Software Engineer * + http://blog.igorescobar.com + http://www.igorescobar.com + @igorescobar <http://www.twitter.com/igorescobar> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Eric <eric_justin_allan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Very much I used, > preg_match('/[[:punct:]]/', $_POST['username']) !== 0 > and it works without errors. The reason I can't just use > is_file which I wish I could is because windows doesn't allow question > marks > or some wierd character. It decides to not allow php to make the file if > there > are odd ball characters. It is a very unfortunate mistake in my code that > I > wish php would ignore and just make the file "?".