reg expressions - problem with spaces

[Anon]

Hi.

I was wondering if someone can help me write a regular expression that checks for letters, numbers, and any type of space.

For some reason this doesn't check for spaces correctly. Please help.

if (!eregi("^{[a-zA-Z\s]{1,40}$",} $assetname))
{
/
execute this if $assetname contains something other than letters or spaces
/
}

Thanks a lot.

Mike

[Anon]

Try just a space, not the \s

if (!eregi("^([ a-zA-Z]){1,40}$", $assetname))

But just a word of warning that would allow

" Name" as being valid, you probably are waiting

"Name with spaces" as being valid?

if (!eregi("^[a-zA-Z]([ a-zA-Z]){1,40}$", $assetname))