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Hi

i have a user form, one part is a textarea where the user tpes in information. If they just enters spaces rather than text, i want a error to appear and not accept it, what code do i need??

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Member Avatar for genevish

if (preg_match ("/^ /" , $text entry) == 0)
{
echo "You only entered spaces!";
}

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I think using trim is a better option. You stripe tab, newline and so on as well.

$textentry = trim($textentry);
if ($textentry == "") echo "Nothing entered";
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