[SOLVED] Help with ereg().

[bigboss]

Hi, I've am working on a validation form and I've been trying to work out how to allow a ' and - for names. I have developed:

 

<?php
ereg("^[a-zA-Z ]$+", $string);
?>

 

Which seems to work for names with spaces. I have tried to change the pattern to the code below to enable whitespace, the ' and a -.

 

I have a pattern earlier in my code that seems to work for whitespace using this, and I even read in in a PHP book. I tried using a \ to add a literal character and the pattern still didn't work.

 

<?php
ereg("^[a-zA-Z' -]$+", $string);
?>

 

I know I could use preg_match() and its faster, but I have already implemented ereg and I don't have the time to redo my code adding in preg_match. So can anyone see why the pattern isn't working.