Re: Validating spaces in Form Input
| From: | Jeff Warrington | Date: | Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:18:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Validating spaces in Form Input | ||
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In article <3A0138A1.CDDB1FED@nestworks.com>, jalerta@nestworks.com
wrote:
make your regex this:
^[[:alnum:][:space:]]$
Jeff Warrington
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to validate Form INPUT to ensure that only alphanumeric
> info is being entered.
>
> I am using the following code to do it:
>
> if(!eregi("^[[:alnum:]]+$", $string))
> {
> return(false);
> }
>
>
> The above code works fine with a single word string, however, with
> input where there are spaces in the string (e.g. a street address), it
> fails.
>
> Does anyone know of a regular expression that will validate
> alphanumeric strings with spaces?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
>
> jeff alerta jalerta@nestworks.com
>
>