RE: [PHP-GENERAL] Using eregi to validate a name.
| From: | Richard Heyes | Date: | Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:31:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-GENERAL] Using eregi to validate a name. | ||
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> I´m using eregi to validate a input, from a input form, where
> the users
> types
> their name, eg. René Müller.
>
> What i need is a string patter that allows the user to use
> all 'normal'
> characters like a-z ä é and so on, but not #_: and other special
> characters.
Try this:
$string = strtr($string, '_:;<>,./', '########');
$string = str_replace('#', '', $string);
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Richard Heyes
http://www.heyes-computing.net/scripts/