Re: Almost working Regex

> For data validation, I am using the following regex: > > $Status = (ereg("^(^[A-Za-z0-9` !@#$%&()=:;\"\'.?/^|{}-]*)(.*)$", > $String, > $List)); > > This works perfectly for the moment. However, I need to add both square > brackets [] to the list of allowed characters above. This is JavaScripts RegEx reference page, http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/corea3.htm#115 8210 Any regular expression references will be probably helpful. How about look for some? ([] are meta chars, you need to escape meta chars.) Regards, Yasuo Ohgaki > > But when I add the closinjg bracket ], the regex stops working. There are no > errors, but it accepts any and all characters as valid. > > How can I add these additional characters to the regex and avoid this > problem? > > Thanks. > > ====================================================================== > Murray Shields Email: murray@globalcat.com.au > MU Systems Pty Ltd Phone: +61 7 3351 6677 > Global Catalogs Pty Ltd Phone: +61 7 3351 4777 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >