I am just learning them, but I think something like this may be in order...
I know that you would use the | (or) operator.
if(! (ereg('^[a-z|A-Z|0-9|\-]+$', $fn) && (ereg('^[a-z|A-Z|0-9|\-]+$', $fs)))
{
Either $fn or $sn failed the match
}
-Jason Garber
IonZoft.com
At 04:41 PM 11/13/2001 +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi All-
>
>This is probably very simple for most of you.
>I have the following statement
>
>if ((ereg('[^([:alnum:]|\-)]',$fn)) || (ereg('[^([:alnum:]|\-)]',$sn))) {
>// Do something here
>}
>
>What it's doing is checking two variables to make sure they contain only
>alphanumeric
>characters.
>
>I have a requirement that hyphens (-) be allowed in $fn and $sn as well.
>What do I need
>to add to the regular expression to allow hyphens?
>
>I know this is a relatively silly question. I plan on buying a book on
>regular expressions
>today and learning as much as I need to know about building them.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Regards,
>Adam Whitehead
>Systems Developer - Computer Support and Maintenance
>Ph. (08) 8936 3164 ** Mobile (0411) 241 120
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>
>
>
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