eregi help

[gfX]

Here is what I have:
[code]
if(eregi("'", $_POST['fn'])) {
        $error[] = "<strong class=\"error\">You entered an invalid character.</strong>";
        $show = 'y';
    }
[/code]

How would I make it so I can have a bunch of characters listed in that one line. Like I want ' " ! @ # $% ^ & * ( ) : ; {} [ ] > < etc. to have an error if entered. right now it only gives the error for the symbol '

it always messes up if I try to add the rest in there, with commas or whatever. I dont know the formula its supposed to go in

anyone know?

[ToonMariner]

[code]

if (preg_match('/\'|"|\!|@|#|\$|%|\^|&|\*|\(|)|:|;|\{|}|\[]|>|</', $_POST['fn']))
{        $error[] = "<strong class=\"error\">You entered an invalid character.</strong>";
        $show = 'y';
}
[/code]

It woudl look something like that - someone will come up with a more elegant solution I am sure oh and correct my regular expression too - just woke up so not firing on cylinders yet.

[gfX]

Thanks for your reply, However for some reason it is not working. And it is allowing me to add folders with those characters in it.

And when I don't type anything and I just hit enter - This is what I get:

Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: unmatched parentheses at offset 27 in /**/**/gallery.php on line 166
1. You must enter a folder name.

Edit:
Nevermind I Ijust took those parenthesis out and it works fine. Thanks so much

[obsidian]

[!--quoteo(post=386293:date=Jun 21 2006, 01:47 AM:name=gfX)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(gfX @ Jun 21 2006, 01:47 AM) [snapback]386293[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
How would I make it so I can have a bunch of characters listed in that one line. Like I want ' " ! @ # $% ^ & * ( ) : ; {} [ ] > < etc. to have an error if entered. right now it only gives the error for the symbol '
[/quote]

first off, i'm going to move this thread over to the regex forum so you'll get more help.

second, try the following... if you create a character family, you can list them all together and let it match any of them:
[code]
<?php
if (preg_match('|[\'"\!@#\$%\^&\*\(\):;\{\}\[\]<>]|', $string)) {
  echo "Invalid character present!";
}
?>
[/code]

now, it sounds like you may be better off to match for [i]correct[/i] characters rather than incorrect. for instance, if i want to allow only letters, numbers and underscores, i simply have to do the following:
[code]
<?php
if (!preg_match('|^[a-z0-9_]+$|i', $string)) {
  echo "Invalid character present!";
}
?>
[/code]

hope this helps!