Re: ereg

You'll have to explain this as the data is changing. If I don't use ereg at all and enter an apostrophe in the user name - it shows up the way it should (O'Tool). If I use ereg I then get O\'Tool. So how should I do this then. I want the user to only be able to enter A-Z, a-z, a - sign or an apostrophe. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg > On Thursday 17 April 2003 22:42, C.R. wrote: > > This is what I have: > > > > if(!ereg("^[a-zA-Z[:space:]\\']*$", $formdata["lastname"])) { > > $error = "Invalid Input"; > > } > > > > $formdata["lastname"] is a session variable and can't be changed as it is > > used throughout the site. I don't understand though why it it even being > > changed as I thought ereg was just an expression. > > I'm not sure about the validity of your regex, but I can assure you that > ereg() will NOT change your data. That 'problem' is caused by having > magic_quotes_* on. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > I either want less decadence or more chance to participate in it. > */ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >