note 33388 added to function.ereg

I just use one of the example that someone put above and as I'm a newbie guy, I was trying to find out a way to validate a password, and alphanumeric field wich have only alphanumeric chars, and not spaces, I tried too many things before I get to this. $var_to_validate = "123--45"; If (ereg('^([a-zA-Z0-9@*#]{8,15})$', $var_to_validate)) { echo "Valid var"; } else { echo "Not valid var"; } ?> I post this 'cause this is what I was lookin for when I just came here, so I hope this can help to anyone. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+33388 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+33388&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+33388&report=yes