[scott2500uk]

Hello,

I'm having a problem checking user input with PHP. Now I have this code that checks the users firstname to make sure its valid:

PHP Code:

if(!preg_match('/^[A-Za-z]+$/', $_POST['firstname'])) {

    $error[] = array("message" => "First name can only contain alphabetical characters", "element" => "firstname");

} 

Now this checks that it only contains A-Z which is fine if some ones name only contains A-Z. In some cases peoples names contain other characters. For example the name Zoë. If I pass Zoë through this code it fails because of the ë character.

How would I modify the code to allow for these other charcters you would find in peoples names?

Thanks

Scott

[scott2500uk]

NVM I've found the solution to my problem.

PHP Code:

if(!preg_match('/^(\p{L}|\p{Lo})+$/u', $_POST['firstname'])) {

    $error[] = array("message" => "First name can only contain alphabetical characters", "element" => "firstname");

} 

Scott