Thanks a heap, James. That has solved it like magic
:)
Best regards,
David
--- James Keeline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- David Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have this simple code that rejects certain
> > characters :
> >
> > if (ereg('([/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*-_()|:;<>?"])', $name))
> > {
> > echo 'not allowed';
> > }
> >
> > Trouble is that it also rejects the dot or period
> (.)
> > yet the dot is not included in the class above
> >
> > What can be added to that criteria to make it
> *allow*
> > the dot? Would appreciate your help.
> >
> > David
>
> In a regular expression character class -- a list or
> sequence of characters
> listed in square brackets -- the dash is used for a
> range of characters if the
> character to the left of the dash has a lower ASCII
> value than the character on
> the right of the dash. You have:
>
> *-_
>
> The * is 42 decimal and the _ is 95. In that sense,
> any capital letter would
> also "match" and be denied.
>
> To solve this, put your dash at the end of the list
> in square brackets so it is
> treated as a literal rather than its special
> meaning.
>
> James Keeline
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