Regular Expression Validation

[Abstract]

Hi Everyone,

I got a problem with the Regular Expression Validation of custom fields. I have set the following regular expression in a custom text input field:

^[A-Za-z0-9._\-]+@{1,1}[A-Za-z0-9._\-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}$

When I submit a ticket and fill in 'test@test.com' in this custom field I get the following error for the field:

'One of the required field(s) is empty'

I tested the same expression in a simple php script with the ereg function and it works without a problem. Anyone knows what the problem is?

Thank Arian

[Jamie Edwards]

Hi Abstract,

Have you tested the regex with the preg_match PHP function?

[Abstract]

Hi Jamie,

The regular expression didn't work in preg_match because I forgot the delimiter in the expression. Which is not needed by the function ereg.

When I fill in this
/^[A-Za-z0-9._\-]+@{1,1}[A-Za-z0-9._\-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}$/

it works for validating email addresses

Thanks Jamie

[Jamie Edwards]

No problem For everyone else's reference; PHP: preg_match - Manual