RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O' and
Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
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RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
That is because it is not saying that is all that can be in the string. The
'Re' matches that pattern. Put a ^ at the beginning to signify it must
start with the pattern and a $ at the end to signify it must end there.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:19 PM
To: John W. Holmes
Cc: 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O' and
Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
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RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
When I do that:
(preg_match(/^[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+$/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
it won't allow O'Reilly
and seems to not allow anything at all
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
That is because it is not saying that is all that can be in the string. The
'Re' matches that pattern. Put a ^ at the beginning to signify it must
start with the pattern and a $ at the end to signify it must end there.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:19 PM
To: John W. Holmes
Cc: 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O' and
Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
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RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
This is what I use
$LastName = stripslashes($_POST['LastName']);
preg_match(/^\w+[\s\-\'\.\w]*$/i, $LastName)
This is less strict than yours as I'm allowing whitespace, periods,
underscores, hyphens, apostrophes, and numbers because I don't so much care
if someone tacks on Jr. or something like that to the end of their name.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:05 PM
To: Jennifer Goodie
Cc: John W. Holmes; 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
When I do that:
(preg_match(/^[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+$/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
it won't allow O'Reilly
and seems to not allow anything at all
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
That is because it is not saying that is all that can be in the string.
The
'Re' matches that pattern. Put a ^ at the beginning to signify it must
start with the pattern and a $ at the end to signify it must end there.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:19 PM
To: John W. Holmes
Cc: 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O' and
Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
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today. http://www.phparch.com/
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RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
Thank you. Strip_slashes was the key. The following Regular
Expression:
(preg_match(/^[[:alpha:]]{2,}[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$|^[[:alpha:]]{2,}[[:space:]]?[[:alpha:]]+$|^[[:alpha:]]{1,1}[']?[[:alpha:]]+$/,
$Last_Name)
allows only alphabetical characters (e.g., Smith), alphabetical characters
with whitespace then more alphabetical characters (e.g., Au Yong),
alphabetical character with apostrophe then more alphabetical characters
(e.g., O'Neal), or alphabetical characters with hyphen then more
alphabetical characters (e.g., Zeta-Jones). It does not, however, allow
alphabetical character with apostrophe then more alphabetical characters
then hyphen then more alphabetical characters (D'Agostino-Wong),
alphabetical characters with whitespace then more alphabetical characters
then hyphen then more alphabetical characters (e.g., von Hollander-Smith),
or alphabetical characters with whitespace then more alphabetical
characters then hyphen then alphabetical character then apostrophe then more
alphabetical characters (e.g, Van Horn-O'Reilly) or anything else anyone
may type in or not type in.
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
This is what I use
$LastName = stripslashes($_POST['LastName']);
preg_match(/^\w+[\s\-\'\.\w]*$/i, $LastName)
This is less strict than yours as I'm allowing whitespace, periods,
underscores, hyphens, apostrophes, and numbers because I don't so much care
if someone tacks on Jr. or something like that to the end of their name.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:05 PM
To: Jennifer Goodie
Cc: John W. Holmes; 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
When I do that:
(preg_match(/^[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+$/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
it won't allow O'Reilly
and seems to not allow anything at all
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
That is because it is not saying that is all that can be in the string.
The
'Re' matches that pattern. Put a ^ at the beginning to signify it must
start with the pattern and a $ at the end to signify it must end there.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:19 PM
To: John W. Holmes
Cc: 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O' and
Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
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Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
Hi,
I made a little function that will allow allow alphabetical character with
apostrophe then more alphabetical characters then hyphen then more
alphabetical characters (D'Agostino-Wong). The downside is that it will
automatically cap von Hollander-Smith
function ucase_words($txt){
if(ereg(['-], $txt)){
$txt = strtolower($txt);
$boom = explode(', $txt);
foreach($boom as $key = $txt){
$boom[$key] = ucfirst($txt);
}
$booms = implode(', $boom);
$boomer = explode(-, $booms);
foreach($boomer as $key = $booms){
$boomer[$key] = ucfirst($booms);
}
$boomers = implode(-, $boomer);
return($boomers);
}
else {
$txt = strtolower($txt);
$txt = ucwords($txt);
return($txt);
}
}
I suppose you could add an if-then test for the odd lowercase. It seems to
work well and covers most of the scenarios you listed. [Btw, it was my
'very-first-function' so go easy on me! :]
Just my $0.01 worth,
Andre
On Thursday 27 March 2003 06:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you. Strip_slashes was the key. The following Regular
Expression:
(preg_match(/^[[:alpha:]]{2,}[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$|^[[:alpha:]]{2,}[[:space:]]
?[[:alpha:]]+$|^[[:alpha:]]{1,1}[']?[[:alpha:]]+$/, $Last_Name)
allows only alphabetical characters (e.g., Smith), alphabetical characters
with whitespace then more alphabetical characters (e.g., Au Yong),
alphabetical character with apostrophe then more alphabetical characters
(e.g., O'Neal), or alphabetical characters with hyphen then more
alphabetical characters (e.g., Zeta-Jones). It does not, however, allow
alphabetical character with apostrophe then more alphabetical characters
then hyphen then more alphabetical characters (D'Agostino-Wong),
alphabetical characters with whitespace then more alphabetical characters
then hyphen then more alphabetical characters (e.g., von Hollander-Smith),
or alphabetical characters with whitespace then more alphabetical
characters then hyphen then alphabetical character then apostrophe then
more alphabetical characters (e.g, Van Horn-O'Reilly) or anything else
anyone may type in or not type in.
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
This is what I use
$LastName = stripslashes($_POST['LastName']);
preg_match(/^\w+[\s\-\'\.\w]*$/i, $LastName)
This is less strict than yours as I'm allowing whitespace, periods,
underscores, hyphens, apostrophes, and numbers because I don't so much
care if someone tacks on Jr. or something like that to the end of
their name.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:05 PM
To: Jennifer Goodie
Cc: John W. Holmes; 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
When I do that:
(preg_match(/^[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+$/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
it won't allow O'Reilly
and seems to not allow anything at all
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jennifer Goodie wrote:
That is because it is not saying that is all that can be in the string.
The
'Re' matches that pattern. Put a ^ at the beginning to signify it must
start with the pattern and a $ at the end to signify it must end there.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:19 PM
To: John W. Holmes
Cc: 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
I just tried your regexp:
(preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST[Last_Name])
and it allows the following:
O' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to allow any number of characters and spaces between the O'
and Re
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John W. Holmes wrote:
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g.,
O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/',
$_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your
copy today. http
Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
Try
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have been unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly). The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
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Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, John Nichel wrote:
Try
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have been unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly). The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
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RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe
preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] );
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have
been
unable
to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly).
The
following statement:
preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/', $_POST[Last_Name])
accepts hyphenated surnames and I have tried escaping the
apostrophe:
[\\'] and [\\\'] to no avail. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
that could work but the user may now submit one or more apostrophes
as the Last Name.
Watch out for magic_quotes. If O'Reilly is submitted, unless you
stripslash() it, you're validating against O\'Relly.
preg_match(/[a-z](\\')?[a-z-]+/i,$_POST['Last_Name'])
---John W. Holmes...
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