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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T20:50:35+00:00 2026-05-14T20:50:35+00:00

I have the following Regex (in PHP) that I am using. ‘/^[a-zA-Z0-9&\’\s]+$/’ It currently

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I have the following Regex (in PHP) that I am using.

'/^[a-zA-Z0-9&\'\s]+$/'

It currently accepts alpha-numerics only. I need to modify it to accept hyphens (i.e. the character ‘-‘ without the quotes obviously) as well.

So it will accept strings like ‘bart-simpson’ OR ‘bond-007’ etc.

Can anyone explain how to modiy the pattern?

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    2026-05-14T20:50:35+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    Just add it to the character class:

    '/^[a-zA-Z0-9&\'\s-]+$/'
    
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