Posted by Mark Woodward on 10/11/06 12:40

Hi all,

I'm trying to validate text in a HTML input field.
How do I *allow* a single quote?

// catch any nasty characters (eg !@#$%^&*()/\)
$match = '/^['\w\.\-_?!, ]+$/';
$valid_srch = preg_match($match, $res_description);
if (!$valid_srch) {
...
}



for $match I've also tried:

$match = '/^[\'\w\.\-_?!, ]+$/';

$match = '/^["\w\.\-_?!, ]+$/';

$match = "/^['\w\.\-_?!, ]+$/";

$match = "/^[\'\w\.\-_?!, ]+$/";

and numerous other strings but always ' is seen as an
invalid character.


thanks,


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Mark

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