note 78417 added to function.preg-match

Here is a sample code to check for alphabetic characters only with an exception to space, hyphen and single quotes using preg_match(). $alpha = "some very funny string'9-2'"; /* check for alphabets and hyphens, quotes and space in the string but no numbers */ if(preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z\-\'\ ]+$/u", $alpha)){ return 1; }else return 0; one can just add a '\' followed by the character he wish to allow for use [\@]. i hope it would be helpful to some one their. -Erandra ---- Server IP: 203.16.234.90 Probable Submitter: 124.254.118.3 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78417 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78417 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78417 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php