alphaNumeric rule is for latin letters only, yes. Good for usernames,
for example. If you want non-latin letters there too, you may try
this:
"rule" => array('custom', '/^[\w\d]*$/iu')
But it also includes underscore. And depends on server locale.On Aug 24, 5:37 am, delocalizer <[email protected]> wrote: > You're very welcome. That will work for ASCII characters only of > course. I've never looked into why that library isn't compiled with > Unicode support by default - RHEL releases tend towards the > conservative, but it seems a strange omission to me to ignore the > character sets of most of the world's languages! > > On Aug 24, 12:20 am, Tmyclyk Dmytryk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for the thorough description, I appreciate it - I could have > > sworn I had it working on my other CentOS box without doing anything > > specific, but I may not have, for now I am using > > > "rule" => array('custom', '/^[a-z0-9]*$/i') > > > and it works fine, thank you again! > > > Best Regards, > > Howard > > > On Aug 23, 6:37 am, delocalizer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's nothing to do with php version - the problem is CentOS (or RHEL) > > > - cake's built-in 'alphaNumeric' rule uses unicode matching in its > > > regex, which is not supported by the PCRE library that comes with > > > those flavours of Linux. If you know what you're doing you could try > > > to compile the library with unicode support, but probably the easiest > > > solution is write your own custom validation rule - just copy what is > > > in the cake core & replace the unicode stuff (in the curly braces) > > > with plain old ASCII regex > > > > cheers, > > > Conrad. > > > > On Aug 23, 1:09 pm, Howard Lince <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am having a problem with alphaNumeric validation on my application, > > > > we redid the server (changed the os from opensuse to centos), and > > > > while alphaNumeric validation worked before, it constantly returns > > > > false now. I was told earlier it's the php 5.1.x so I upgraded to > > > > 5.2.6, which was said to resolve this issue and it's still doing it, > > > > what can I do about this?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
