I've been trying to check if a string value starts with a numerical value or space and act accordingly, but it doesn't seem to be working. Here is my code:
private static function ParseGamertag( $gamertag )
{
$safetag = preg_replace( "/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s]+/", "", $gamertag ); // Remove all illegal characters : works
$safetag = preg_replace( "/[\s]+/", "\s", $safetag ); // Replace all 1 or more space characters with only 1 space : works
$safetag = preg_replace( "/\s/", "%20", $safetag ); // Encode the space characters : works
if ( preg_match( "/[^\d\s][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/", $safetag ) ) // Match a string that does not start with numerical value : not working
return ( $safetag );
else
return ( null );
}
So hiphop112
is valid but 112hiphip
is not valid. 0down
is not valid.
The first character HAS to be an alphabetical character [a-zA-Z]
.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
You need to anchor your pattern to the start of the string using an anchor ^
preg_match( "/^[^\d\s][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/", $safetag )
Otherwise your regex will find a valid match somewhere within the string
You can find a explanation of anchors here on regular-expressions.info
Note the different meaning of the ^
. Outside a character class its an anchor for the start of the string and inside a character class at the first position its the negation of the class.
Try adding the ^
to signify the beginning of the string...
preg_match( "/^[^\d\s][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/", $safetag )
also, if the first character has to be a letter, this might be better:
preg_match( "/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/", $safetag )
Use ^
to mark the beginning of the string (although ^
inside [ ]
means not ).
You can also use \w
in place of a-zA-Z0-9
/^[^\d\s][\w\s]*/
Add the "begins with carrot" at the beginning of the regex:
/^[^\d\s][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/
First thing, nothing will match \s as you have replaced all spaces by %20.
Why not just match positively:
[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\s]*
preg_match( "/^[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9\s]*/", $safetag ) )
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