Help: Form Data Verification

Apparently, there is something in your regex, otherwise you wouldn't be getting this error.  I would do an alert of the value of the (assuming) text field and go from there.  Perhaps you should apply trim() to the $name field first b4 stripslashes(), to remove any trailing spaces?

In general, I don't like mixing javascript with code, at least the way you are doing it.  I would clean this up by doing a regex check on the javascript side, moving that code into a .js file, then of course having the php code do a 2ble-check in case the user has javascript turned off.  The way you have it here, the implication is that you will have "<script>" tags printed out for each form field you have.  If this is the case, not good.

Try what I have suggested in the first paragraph above and let us know if that works or not.

Thanks,

it's been a long, long, time since i held 2 pieces of code with a pair of tweezers in one hand and a magnifiying glass in the other (my2cents, you also did javascript? what DIDN'T YOU DO!!?)

@ poster: if you're using Dreamweaver, then all that is a snap. there's and extensive dreamweaver extension that does just that: form validation. with custom messages. it's here:

http://www.yaromat.com/dw/?ex=Check%20Form%20MX

_{(remembers the good OLD Days of coding in ASP, then shrugs from the nightmares)}