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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T04:21:13+00:00 2026-05-18T04:21:13+00:00

I need to validate a user input of about 1,500 characters Allowed characters are

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I need to validate a user input of about 1,500 characters
Allowed characters are a-z A-Z 0-9
Allowed symbols . , : ? ! and space
Can anyone suggest a preg_match expression for this?
I am using ‘/^[a-zA-Z0-9.,:?! ]+$/’ but it gives error sometimes

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    2026-05-18T04:21:13+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 4:21 am

    Use escape \ before signs

    /^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\,\:\?\!]+$/’

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