Sorry, my regex was incomplete... $nick = "a9100948_aslkasjkf.asd"; for ($i=0;$i<10;$i++) { $total += substr_count($nick, $i); } echo ereg("^[^0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.]{5,26}$", $nick) && $total <= 5 ? "ok" : "error"; =] Jony dos Santos Kostetzer Joinville/SC/Brazil Em Qua 08 Fev 2006 12:53, Francisco - São Paulo - Brazil escreveu: > I have already this working fine: > $nick_ok = ereg("^[A-Za-z0-9_.]{5,26}$", $form['NICKNAME']); > > What I need: > - It can not start with numbers > - It can not have more than 5 numbers > > How can I do that? > > Jony dos Santos Kostetzer escreveu: > > Hi! > > > > You can use: > > > > if (preg_match('/[a-z0-9]/i', $variable)) { > > //OK > > } else { > > //problem > > } > > > > []'s > > > > ====================================== > > Jony dos Santos Kostetzer > > > > Pesquisa & Desenvolvimento / Research & Development > > A2C Internet para Negócios / A2C Internet to Business > > www.a2c.com.br > > ====================================== > > > > Em Qua 08 Fev 2006 09:47, Francisco - São Paulo - Brazil escreveu: > > > Sorry for asking for something so basic, but I am really bad in > > > regexp. > > > > > > I would like to validate a text typed , it must have: > > > A-Z > > > a-z > > > 0-9 > > > _- > > > > > > Example: Frank_23z > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > PHP Data object relational mapping generator > > > http://www.metastorage.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > > > Programming languages > > > Object oriented programming > > > Php developer > > > > > > > > > Computer security > > > C programming language > > > Computer programming languages > > > > > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "php-objects" on the web. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/