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Allowing "&" in preg_match

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webdev007

webdev007

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Sep 9, 2005
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I am not very much regex fluent
I can't make the following working 100% it only partially works:
if (!preg_match("/^[\(\)\/\'\"\,\.\-\&\ _a-zA-Z0-9\d]+$/",$biz_name) )

I need to allow for any letters, numbers, and some special characters in any order (this depicts a business name)
so far I can't get it workng when I want to allow for: &

thank you for your input.
 
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This is my variation. It accepts ampersands in strings:

Code: 
<?php

$names = array ('I. E. duPont neMours and Company, Inc.', 'Target', 'Proctor & Gamble', '21nation', 'b**ze');

print '<html><body><pre>';
foreach ($names as $name)
{
	print 'Name: ' . $name . ': ';
	if (preg_match ('/^[\w \(\)\/\'",.\&]+$/i', $name))
	{
		print 'good';
	}
	else
	{
		print 'bad';
	}
	
	print "\n";
}
print '</pre></body></html>';
?>



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Thank you
I may understand how you built it
and going the other way around using preg_match(); instead of !preg_match(); makes sense

Regards
 
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