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hey can any 1 tell me how i can validate a name field to allow only alphabets and spaces.i tried this

else if(ereg('[ ^ A-Za-z ]', $name)) 
    {echo "<h5>YOU CAN ENTER ONLY ALPHABETS</h5>";
	$errCnt++;
	}

but this allows only alphabets.i cannot enter a space

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solved it.jus had to replace ereg with prg_match

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solved it.jus had to replace ereg with prg_match

then mark as solved. it could be help ful to others may be you have it in the future. ha....just send the solved code and mark as solved

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