I think this is your solution:
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$string = "~YOUR STRING~"
if (!eregi_replace("[0-9A-Za-z -_']","",$string))
{
echo "string allowed";
}
else {
echo "string disallowed";
}
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I tested it with the following strings:
$string = "Daniel Anderson"
Returned "string allowed".
$string = "Daniel Anderson!!"
Returned "string disallowed".
$string = "Daniel, yo Anderson"
Returned "string disallowed".
$string = "Daniel_Anderson-Innit"
Returned "string allowed"
I think that may be your solution :)
Hope it helps! Try to keep all the collections like "a-z" within one set of square brackets.
Warmest Regards,
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beauford" <phpuser@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: RE: Ereg problems
> Nope, doesn't work for me. I think what I'm trying to do must not be
> possible. I've been at this for two days now. I changed yours to this - ereg
> ("([0-9][A-Z][a-z][-_.'\ ])" but it always says that it is invalid. The
> last one after the slash is supposed to be a space - I have to have a space.
> I don't need a length.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bedul [mailto:landavia81@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: January 15, 2007 11:48 PM
>> To: Beauford
>> Subject: Re: Ereg problems
>>
>> <?
>> $nlong=strlen($username);
>> if(ereg ("([0-9][A-Z][a-z][_-]{$nlong})", $username){
>> echo "allowed";
>> }else{
>> echo "disallowed";
>>
>> }
>>
>> //taken from ereg help
>> /*
>> if (ereg ("([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2})", $date, $regs)) {
>> echo "$regs[3].$regs[2].$regs[1]";
>> } else {
>> echo "Invalid date format: $date";
>> }
>> */
>> ?>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beauford" <phpuser@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:59 AM
>> Subject: Ereg problems
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Without getting into a long drawn out discussion, can
>> anyone show me a
>> > way to validate a string that is input from a form.
>> >
>> > I want to allow the following: a to z, A to Z, 0 to 9, and "_-'"
>> > (without the double quotes) and spaces. I have now been screwing
>> > around with this
>> for
>> > over 8 hours. There are other issues as well that has been
>> compoudning
>> this,
>> > but this would be a great start to solving my issue.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
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