Parse Error Need help

[muffin100]

I'm trying to write a register page and this parse error came out:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/register.php

Here is part of the code:

if (eregi ('^[[:alpha:]]\.\'\-{2,15}$',stripslashes(trim($POST['name'])))) {
$n = escape_data($_POST['name']);
} else {
$n = FALSE ;
echo '<p><font color="red" size="+1">Please enter a user name!</font></p>';
}

I thought it is the single quotes problem so I have tried this:

if (eregi ('^[[:alpha:]]{2,15}$',stripslashes(trim($POST['name'])))) {
$n = escape_data($_POST['name']);
} else {
$n = FALSE ;
echo '<p><font color="red" size="+1">Please enter a user name!</font></p>';
}

but the same error popped up, can anyone tell me what the problem is?

[heckenschutze]

Im not sure if this is your error, but it could be it...

You forgot an underscore:
[code]$POST['name'][/code]

meaning the line should be:
[code]if(eregi('^[[:alpha:]]\.\'\-{2,15}$', stripslashes(trim($_POST['name']))))
{
// ...[/code]

hth.

[vombomin]

try this maybe

if (eregi ('^[ :alpha: ]{2,15}$',stripslashes(trim($POST[ 'name' ]))) {
$n = escape_data($_POST['name']);
} else {
$n = FALSE ;
echo '<p><font color="red" size="+1">Please enter a user name!</font></p>';
}

[muffin100]

Tried both ways and the parse error still came out.
Thanks though.