You could use '/^[a-zA-z\s]+$/' to allow spaces, \s means white space. But what about names with hypen's or apostrophes? I'm sure you want to take into account these characters. Then, you might want to use '/^[a-zA-Z\s\-\']+$', you'll have to escape the hypen and single-quote.
Tony
Sudhakar <finals27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i am using php in order to validate a form where users register.
please help me to solve the following validations.
1. name can have spaces. ex= john smith
presently the validation i am using is if( $fname == "" || !eregi
("^[a-zA-Z_]+$", $fname) )
i need the syntax which would accept a-zA-Z WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN
NAMES ex= john smith
2. text can have spaces and special characters ex= ref 100/abcd
presently the validation i am using is if( $depositnumber == ""
|| !eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$", $depositnumber) )
i need the syntax which would accept a-zA-Z0-9 WITH A SPACE IN
BETWEEN AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS ex= ref 100/abcd
3. spaces in numbers. ex= 123 4567
presently the validation i am using is if( $phonenumber == "" || !
eregi("^[0-9]+$", $phonenumber) )
i need the syntax which would accept 0-9 WITH A SPACE IN BETWEEN ex=
123 4567
4. in case of [a-zA-Z0-9_] if i remove the "_" after 9 will it have
a negative impact or is this a syntax due to which i
should i leave the "_" as part of [a-zA-Z0-9_]
5. using stripslashes() function
due to the above validation there is no way a user can enter special
characters which could lead to sql injection. inspite of
this should i still use stripslashes to be on the safe side.
please provide the exact syntax for the above validations to works
as specified for different scenarios.
thanks.
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