Regexp prob

[billygoatkaraoke]

Gidday

 

I have the following regexp set up to return true if the string doesn't pass:

 

if(filter_var(myWords, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array("options"=>array("regexp"=>"/^[' &\p{L}\p{Nd}]*$/"))) === false) return true;

 

What I want to pass is any letter or number in any language, plus single quotes, ampersands and spaces.

 

The above seems to work, but not for non-english letters eg with accents.

 

Is there anything obvious I'm missing?

 

Thanks for your time and help.

 

[Psycho]

Depending on the system you run on, the \w parameter may work. Not sure why you want to use such an overcomplicated line of code. This seems to work for me based on your requirements

function validString($string)
{
    return !preg_match("#[^\w\d'& ]#", $string);
}

[requinix]

\p is only available in UTF-8 mode, which you specify with the /u flag.

 

And +1 to what Psycho said. That filter_var line is way overcomplicated.

[billygoatkaraoke]

Thanks guys.

 

Yeah - the w didn't work, so I ended up using "/^[\\s\\p{L}\\p{N} '&]+$/u", which allows letters and numbers in any language, plus spaces, apostrophes and ampersands.