[SOLVED] <?php preg_match (need help); ?>

[TheFilmGod]

Hey:

 

$submitter = $_POST['submitter_name'];
$song_title = $_POST['song_title'];
$song_artist = $_POST['song_artist'];

// Set pattern matching for all submitted fields
$regex = "/^[A-Za-z0-9_]{0,50}$/";


// If form was not left blank
if (!empty($submitter) && !empty($song_title) && !empty($song_artist) && preg_match($regex, $submitter) && preg_match($regex, $song_title) && preg_match($regex, $song_artist)) {

 

For some reason the script doesn't catch on. If I submit normal works like "a" "b" "c" for a test, it still gives me the else { ... } later in the code.

[lemmin]

There are alot of criteria for that if statement. Have you checked to make sure all of those $_POST values are set? so a print_r($_POST); to see what the values are.

[TheFilmGod]

Here was the problem:

 

        $regex = "/^[A-Za-z0-9_]{0,50}$/";

 

I though a normal " " (space" was considered part of that pattern matching. But it wasn't. What can I use intead?

 

        $regex = "/^[A-Za-z0-9_]\s{0,50}$/"; ? ???

[corbin]

$regex = "/^[A-Za-z0-9_ ]{0,50}$/";