Posted by John Holmes on 02/23/05 05:43

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>
> How can I check that a string is no more than 6 characters long and
> only contains alpha characters (no numbers, spaces, periods, hyphens, or
> anything else, just letters.)
>

if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]{0,6}$/',$string))
{ echo 'good'; }
else
{ echo 'bad'; }

Change to {1,6} if you want to ensure the string isn't empty.

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