Deprecated eregi statement

[lkeeney]

I know next to nothing about this part of PHP. However I was able to generate a rather large application form using eregi statements that worked fine until they deprecated the eregi statement.

 

I understand I should use the preg_match statement but I can't get it to work on my form.

 

Here is the first statement in my form:

$string_exp = "^[a-z .'-]+$";
 if(!eregi($string_exp,$first_name)) {
  $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.';}

 

Can someone tell me how to convert this to a preg_match statement? Or if there is another better method please let me know.

 

Lawrence

[pkSML]

$string_exp = "@^[a-z .'-]+$@i";
if(preg_match($string_exp,$first_name) == 0) {
$error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.';}

 

Give that a whirl.

 

Edit: added the "i" PCRE switch to make it caseless.

Edited February 18, 2013 by pkSML

[lkeeney]

Thank you for your help.