> > 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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