ereg is failing on this simple test

From: Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 03:54:16 +0000
Subject: ereg is failing on this simple test
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Why is this test failing? $data = "A Simple test."; If (ereg("^[a-zA-Z0-9\s.\-_']+$", $data)) { echo "Valid text"; } else { echo "Not valid text"; } I'm running PHP 4.34 on a windows pc. This function is new to me, any help would be appreciated.

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