On 09/22/2011 09:24 PM, Eric wrote:
> if(preg_match('(.*)^[A-Za-z0-9]+', $_POST['username']) !== 0) {
>     echo "<p style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;margin-left:95px\">";
>     echo "Username must only contain A-Z and 0-9</p>";
>     include("register.html");
>     exit;
> }
> 
> I used the code above but I now get this error message
> 
> Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier '^' in 
> C:\Documents and 
> Settings\iceweasel\Desktop\XAMPP\relik.ath.cx\forum\register.php on line 2
> 
> I don't like to run php with errors off so I wanna ask how I can fix this.

Oh damn, I just forgot that the pattern is to be enclosed between
delimiters. Glad that you found the fix using ctype_alnum though. A new
learning for me.

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