[thelist] [php] '*' inside regexp (preg_match)

[Jonathan Snook]

On 5/29/07, Ken Snyder <ksnyder at coremr.com> wrote:
> If you want to allow a dash character, you have to escape it ("\-") or
> put the dash right before the bracket.  Right now you have
> space-dash-period (" -.") which will allow any character with an ascii
> code between space (32) and period (46) among which asterisk (42)
> happens to fall.  Try this:
>
> preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9 \-.(),]+$/", 'abc**def');

Also, aren't periods normally the "any" character? Wouldn't the period
have to be escaped as well? or not in ranges?