PHP preg_match

[Anon]

Hello All,

I need to chech in wether a name has only alphabets (but no numerics) and some german special characters. How do I do this using preg_match.
Please let me know.

Penmart

[gernot]

if (!preg_match ("/^{[a-Z][A-Z][äÄüÜöÖ]+$/",$username))} {
print 'Only alphabetical characters.';
}