[SOLVED] preg question

[DragonFire-N[R]]

Hello,

 

I have tried many expressions but I am unable to find one that works. Could someone please post an expression that matches alpha characters and spaces only? I've tried this:

 

if ( preg_match( '#[a-z\s]#is', $string ) )

 

but it doesn't work like I had hoped. I haven't found anything $string could be that would make preg_match return false.

 

Also, if someone could also include a preg_replace expression that would eliminate all characters from a string except alpha characters and spaces that would be great

 

Thanks in advance!

[sKunKbad]

if (preg_match('/^[a-z ]+$/i', $string)) {

} else {

}

 

and

 

$pattern = '/[^a-z ]/i';
preg_replace($pattern, "", $string);

 

test those and see how they work for you

[DragonFire-N[R]]

Ah, now I see what I was doing wrong and why it didn't work

 

Thanks a million