note 72784 added to function.preg-match

I want to check if the string is only composed by leters so i'm using eregi ("^([:alpha: ]+)$", $foo) but i can't seem to find a way to check leters like à,á, â or ã ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 213.22.154.7 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72784 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72784 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72784 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php