note 19391 added to function.eregi

hope this helps with some validation problems, simple text validation: //$firstname = "somename"; // valid or //$firstname = "somenam3"; // not valid //lets validate a field entry & trim off any white spaces $firstname = trim($firstname); //set lenght of the field to a max 12 characters $len = "0,12"; $field = $firstname; //call function if (is_valid($field, $len)){ //if field entry valid then set $valid_firstname = $field; //set record to yes $valid_record = "TRUE"; echo "$field is a valid name"; } else{ //set record to null $valid_record = "FALSE"; echo " $field is not a valid name"; } //process to see if valid record if ($valid_record == "FALSE"){ echo " & is not a valid record"; } else{ //assume record is valid echo " & is a valid record"; } //validate field entry function function is_valid($field, $len) { if(eregi("^[[:alpha:]]{{$len}}$", $field)) return TRUE; else return FALSE; } -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eregi.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+19391 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+19391 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+19391