Re: preg for unicode strings?

Hi Thank you for your reply. My regexp was /^([a-zA-Z]{3,}|[\W])/ Meaning match any string that is either 3 letters or 1 word character I'd like to change this to 3 letters or 1 currency character So I changed the regexp accordingly /^([a-zA-Z]{3,}|[\p{Sc}])/u And I tested with £ but it fails. Any ideas? With kind regards Andy On Sunday 06 November 2005 02:11, Niels Ganser wrote: > Andy, > > you might want to check out > http://www.regular-expressions.info/unicode.html > > Please note two things while using the described syntax: > 1. You have to additionally use the u modificator. > 2. While \p{Ll} for instance works in PHP, \p{Lowercase_Letter} doesn't. > > Regards, > Niels > > > Hi List > > > > I am doing some data validation and the following regexp fails > > > > [\W] > > > > When using characters like £ or € > > > > Obviously because they are technically more then one character, even > > though they are only displayed as one. > > > > The script is encoded in UTF-8 > > > > Anybody know a fix for this? > > > > With kind regards > > > > > > Andy -- Now listening to Top! Radio Live www.topradio.be/stream on amaroK Geek code: www.vlaamse-kern.com/geek Registered Linux User No 379093 If life was for sale, what would be its price? www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ for free php utilities --

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