Reg Exp Help

I am having difficulty with creating a regular expression. I would like the reg exp to remove anything other than alphas, dashes, and spaces. For example, $data_array["cus01a"] = "Charles A. O'Brian-Brown, Jr."; if (!empty($data_array["cus01a"])) $cus01a = eregi_replace("[^a-zA-Z\-]|^[[:space:]]", "", $data_array["cus01a"]); echo $data_array["cus01a"]; This result produces, "CharlesAOBrian-BrownJr". I want it to produce "Charles A OBrian-Brown Jr". Any thoughts... Regards. _________________ Zach Curtis Programmer Analyst POPULUS www.populus.com _________________ Confidentiality Statement: This e-mail message and any attachment(s) are confidential and may contain proprietary information that may not be disclosed without express permission. If you have received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this message and then please delete this message and any attachment(s). Any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction by unintended recipients is not authorized. Thank you.