I have a validator that is supposed to ensure that the input string has no
character other than case-insensitive a-z, or accented characters like
e-acute, or space.
It returns false when you pass it "josé" by submitting an HTML form to my
controller action with a browser, but when you test it against same string
'josé' in a command line script, it returns true. I have tested with Opera
9.26 and Firefox 2.0.0.12 on a Fedora 7 system.
It might be worth noting that I have used the same regex in other web
environments, and it has worked.
When I echo back the form input to the browser I see that josé becomes
josÃ(c) so I am guessing we have a charset issue. Any tips as to how to fix
it? Thanks!
class Model_Validator_FirstName extends Zend_Validate_Abstract {
const INVALID_CHARACTERS = 'invalidCharacters';
protected $pattern = "/[^a-zA-Z\xC0-\xFF ]/";
protected $_messageTemplates = array(
'invalidCharacters' => 'Firstname contains illegal characters'
);
function isValid($name) {
if (preg_match($this->pattern,$name)) {
$this->_error(self::INVALID_CHARACTERS);
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
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