Re: preg_match problem

if (preg_match('/^[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%&()*;:_.'\\/\\\\ ]+$/', $string))

Here is my rendition of what I think you are looking for. $str = 'tab( )/space( )/path-asdf\asdf_!@#$%^&*();:...'; if ( preg_match('|^[a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*();:_.\\\\ /\t-]+$|', $str) ) { echo 'success'; } else { echo 'failure'; } -- Enjoy, Jim Lucas Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times for you and me when all such things agree. - Rush