Posted by Mark Woodward on 10/12/06 11:42

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:40:05 +1000, Mark Woodward wrote:

> 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,

Peter/ Pedro,

sorry I haven't responded. All good now. I decided to attack it from a
different angle (put it on the TODO pile ;-)).

thanks,

--
Mark

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