[SOLVED] preg_match() HELP

[robcrozier]

Hi all, i'm pretty new to the preg_match() function and what im simply trying to do it find out if a string contains only letters and numbers, nothing else!  Here is what i have so far, tough it does not work:

 

if (preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/', $catagory))
{
  //OK
}
else
{
  // NOT OK
}

 

Nay help would be appreciated, cheers!

[robcrozier]

solved:

 

(eregi("^[[:alnum:] ]{1,}$", $var))

 

[MadTechie]

this works okay..

infact the only differents from your failed one to your working one

is the working allows spaces!

 

<?php
if (preg_match('/^[a-z0-9 ]+$/i', $catagory))
{
//OK
} else {
//Not OK
}
?>