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**scrobins** · 10-04-2007, 09:50 PM

I am trying to match this pattern using this code;

PHP Code:


			
if(!ereg("^[A-Za-z -]{1-50}$",$_POST['$field'])) {

but keep coming up with the error ;

Warning: ereg() [function.ereg]: REG_BADBR in

What am I doing wrong?

BTW - I'm using PHP 5.2.3

**TwistMyArm** · 10-04-2007, 10:31 PM

What if you tried:
if(!ereg("^[A-Za-z \-]{1-50}$",$_POST['$field'])) {

ie. escape the lone dash in that first group?

**scrobins** · 10-05-2007, 12:15 AM

Nup. No joy with this either.

Could there be some problem with PHP dealing with the closing $ delimiter?

If so, is there another possible work around to deal with this issue?

**TwistMyArm** · 10-05-2007, 07:32 AM

That definitely could be a problem

Instead of using double quotes use single quotes. That will stop the PHP interpreter trying to parse variables in the string.

**scrobins** · 10-05-2007, 09:08 AM

Yer, tried it already but no joy there either. I've removed the !ereg() and just used it as ereg() and it seems to work but not as succinctly.

Cheers for your help TwistMyArm.