preg match question

From: Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 02:20:52 +0000
Subject: preg match question
Groups: php.general 
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I am passing a string and making sure all the characters in that string are valid. Example: For a persons age I am using: if (!preg_match("/^[0-9]+$/", $Age)) echo "Enter numeric value for age". But how would I include the following characters as permissible in preg match ~!@#$%^&*()-=_+,.?/\|{}[] since some of these characters have special meaning in PCRE regrex syntax??

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