Re: Common Punctuation

My mistake, "i" goes after the forward slash.

'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/i'),

On 29 November 2010 08:53, Stephen <stephen@ninjacodermonkey.co.uk> wrote:

Try adding an "i" to the end, this worked for me.

'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$i/'),

On 29 November 2010 00:25, Dave Maharaj <me@davemaharaj.com> wrote:

Thanks,

I have 'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/'),

But the ' will not go thru.

I know im an idiot......lol

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Miles J [mailto:mileswjohnson@gmail.com]
Sent: November-28-10 8:42 PM
To: CakePHP
Subject: Re: Common Punctuation

Forgot spaces:

/^[\-\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/

On Nov 28, 4:08 pm, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Off the top of my head:
>
> /^[\-\.a-zA-Z]+$/
>
> Regex is probably the easiest approach. Just set it as a custom
> validation rule.
>
> On Nov 28, 1:30 pm, "Dave Maharaj" <m...@davemaharaj.com> wrote:
>
> > I know its not so much Cake question so forgive me ahead of time.
>
> > But does anyone know a regex for common punctuation? I want to put
> > validation on my "City" field where it's a-z and also allow ' - and .
City
> > should not have any numbers. Open to any other ideas that you have used
also
> > as I hate regex. I do not want people putting in crazy fake names.
Almost
> > impossible to verify the name they enter (imagine that db table of every
> > possible name of every city / town in the world) so I would like to
ensure
> > its within the realm of being real.
>
> > St.Louis has (.)
>
> > St.John's (.  And ' )
>
> > And other have the - separating words of the name. Cant think of any
else?
> > Any help would be great.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Dave

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