Re: Common Punctuation

The 'i' means case insensitive, so you don't need the A-Z anymore:
'/^[\-\'\.\sa-z]+$/i'

On Nov 29, 3:54 am, Stephen <step...@ninjacodermonkey.co.uk> wrote:
> My mistake, "i" goes after the forward slash.
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> *'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/i'),*
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> On 29 November 2010 08:53, Stephen <step...@ninjacodermonkey.co.uk> wrote:
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> > Try adding an "i" to the end, this worked for me.
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> > *'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$i/'),*
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> > On 29 November 2010 00:25, Dave Maharaj <m...@davemaharaj.com> wrote:
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> >> Thanks,
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> >> I have 'rule' => array('custom', '/^[\-\'\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/'),
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> >> But the ' will not go thru.
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> >> I know im an idiot......lol
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> >> Dave
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Miles J [mailto:mileswjohn...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: November-28-10 8:42 PM
> >> To: CakePHP
> >> Subject: Re: Common Punctuation
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> >> Forgot spaces:
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> >> /^[\-\.\sa-zA-Z]+$/
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> >> On Nov 28, 4:08 pm, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Off the top of my head:
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> >> > /^[\-\.a-zA-Z]+$/
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> >> > Regex is probably the easiest approach. Just set it as a custom
> >> > validation rule.
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> >> > On Nov 28, 1:30 pm, "Dave Maharaj" <m...@davemaharaj.com> wrote:
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> >> > > I know its not so much Cake question so forgive me ahead of time.
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> >> > > 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
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> >> > > possible name of every city / town in the world) so I would like to
> >> ensure
> >> > > its within the realm of being real.
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> >> > > St.Louis has (.)
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> >> > > St.John's (.  And ' )
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> >> > > And other have the - separating words of the name. Cant think of any
> >> else?
> >> > > Any help would be great.
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> >> > > Thanks,
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> >> > > Dave
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