you can use regluar expressions, or single character scanning via for loop,
1)RegExp: if (ereg('[^a-z0-9]', $name)) print 'error!'; 2)For loop for ($i=0;$i<strlen($name)$;$i++) if ($name[$i] == '@' || $name[$i]=='!' .. ....) print 'error!'; "Phantom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Anyone know a good PHP function or script to scan a string for Valid > Characters to make sure something that is not allow is not included in a > form? > > $Name = "#@@##@!#!@" would not be a valid alphabetical name, how do I > scan for that in PHP? Thanks. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]