ereg help with street names

[Bastien]

how do i validate the street name with the ereg code?

if (!ereg("[A-Za-z0-9\#\-\]+$",$street)){

with the $street="159 rouge forest cres"

but still having a problem

TIA Bastien

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but it still tastes like chicken

 

[skiflyer]

I think this is what you're looking for...
(note, I removed the !, and I added the ^, which anchors the regex to the beginning... (you already have the $ to anchor it to the end)).

if (ereg("^[A-Za-z0-9\#\-\]+$",$street)){ 
  echo "good";
} else {
  echo "bad";
}

-Rob

 

[Bastien]

nope not working

if (ereg("^[A-Za-z0-9\#\-\.]+$",$street)){
echo "ok street";
}else{
$street="error";
echo "error str";
$errors=1;
}

what have i got wrong here Bastien

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but it still tastes like chicken

 

[skiflyer]

You neglected (as did I in my above example) to allow for spaces... just put a space after the period but before the bracket and you're good.

-Rob

 

[Bastien]

perfect that got it...thx Bastien

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but it still tastes like chicken