RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread tpc
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-']+/,

RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread Jennifer Goodie
] 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

RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread tpc
: [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

RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread Jennifer Goodie
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

RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread tpc
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

Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-27 Thread Andre Dubuc
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

Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-12 Thread John Nichel
Try preg_match ( /[A-Za-z-']+/, $_POST['Last_Name'] ); [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to validate a form field Last_Name and have been unable to find a regexp to account for the apostrophe (e.g., O'Reilly). The following statement: preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]]+[-]?[[:alpha:]]+$/',

Re: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-12 Thread tpc
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

RE: [PHP] Form Validation: Surnames with Apostrophe

2003-03-12 Thread John W. Holmes
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: