In hopes of bringing the kanji character validation issue back on topic, can I point out that it doesn't matter *why* someone would want to do this, or what the origins of kanji and kana are? The motivations of the original poster shouldn't be in question. Everyone has their own situations and goals, and what's not important to one person is important to others. Either what they are asking for is possible or not, and if it is, it would be enlightening to know how. I for one am also very interested in hearing possible solutions. I can think of multiple situations in which checking to see whether a user inputted kanji or kana would be very useful indeed. And I hope to learn more by further discussion of the PHP coding required. It would be a shame if that potential learning was obscured or lost in off topic theorizing about the origins of the Japanese language.
Optimistically looking forward to seeing more technical discussion on how to accomplish this. -- Cheers! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php