[RESOLVED] Stuck at preg_match with scandinavian characters.

[igorlopez]

Hi,

I want to allow my users to have Scandinavian characters in their user names and I just can't get the regular expression right.
I have copied the following regex which works with normal chars and numbers.

if (preg_match('/^[a-z0-9][-\w]*$/i', $_uname))

I want also to allow for our "åÅäÄöÖ" characters as well. I don't know if the quoted characters is displayed properly on all clients but the html representation is:

%C3%A5%C3%85%C3%A4%C3%84%C3%B6%C3%96

I have found several tips but noone has worked.