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Can someone please tell me why this function always evaluates to true
regardless of what I enter?

Thanks...
if (!eregi ("A-Za-z", $frm_member_nam e))
{
// invalid characters
$php_login_stat us = "not ok";
}

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Can someone please tell me why this function always evaluates to true regardless of what I enter?

Thanks...
if (!eregi ("A-Za-z", $frm_member_nam e))
{
// invalid characters
$php_login_stat us = "not ok";
}


if (!eregi ("^[a-z]+$", $frm_member_nam e))
{
// invalid characters
$php_login_stat us = "not ok";
}

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