[SOLVED] php reg ex to javascript

[anatak]

Hello I have a php reg ex that I want to use in javascript.

I am trying to translate it to javascript but I am failing.

 

here is the php

$handle_legit = ereg("^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,16}$", $userhandle);
	if(!$handle_legit){
		$invalid_handle = 1;
	}

 

any idea how this would look into javascript ?

I was thinking something like this but I don't get the escaping right.

var filter=<translated regex from php> ;
if (filter.test(str)){
	testresults=true;
}else{
	alert(text);
	testresults=false;

 

kind regards

anatak

[fenway]

Escaping? There shouldn't be any...

 

var filter=/^[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,16}$/;

[anatak]

Thank you Fenway.

 

I was convinced it needed some escaping.

 

it works now.