Re: Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

From: Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:56:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
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Try.... preg_match ( "/[A-Za-z-']+/", $_POST['Last_Name'] ); tpc@csua.berkeley.edu wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have been unable to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly). The following statement: preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name]) accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the apostrophe: [\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?


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