Hi! a nearly as I can tell, this reply does not address the point of the regex intention:
It is * NOT * intended as validation for a phone number. It is intended to dis- allow ANY non digit charcters except spaces parens and hypens which are/can be used in phone # formatting.
When text or letters are input the regex generates an error msg, so it does not appear to "match" input with letters. My question is only, how to allow ONLY certain word characters, specifically, ext. and/or Ext.?
thx
mike
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I have this regex in my simple perl script handling a html form:
<code> unless ($FORM{'phone'} =~ /\s*\(*\)*\.*\d+\-*\s*/) { <code> ... the point of which is to disallow text in the field whilst allowing for various punctuation styles. Hoping to avoid re-inventing the whole system, I'd like to be able to allow certain text, i.e. ext. or Ext. Any ideas?
thx mike

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