Disable Special Characters but allow "Space"

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So I want to disable special characters cause a 3rd party integration do not accept the special characters.

I have found this code below, but it also doesn’t allow space. So how do I edit the code below, so it allows spaces but just not special characters like ÆÅØ and so on.

add_filter( 'gform_field_validation', function( $result, $value, $form, $field ) {

   if ( strpos( $field->cssClass, 'require_alpha_num' ) !== false && ! ctype_alnum( $value ) ) {

      $result['is_valid'] = false;
      $result['message'] = 'Error: You are not allowed to use special characters';

   }

   return $result;

}, 10, 4 );
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Try this modified code to allow uppercase and lowercase letters and spaces only:

add_filter( 'gform_field_validation', function( $result, $value, $form, $field ) {
	$pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/"; // note the space before the closing brace
	if ( strpos( $field->cssClass, 'letters_spaces' ) !== false && ! preg_match( $pattern, $value ) ) {
		$result['is_valid'] = false;
		$result['message'] = 'Error: You are not allowed to use special characters';
	}
	return $result;
}, 10, 4 );
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Note - I changed the CSS Class name to “letters_spaces” as well. Be sure you add that CSS Class name to the settings on the Appearance tab of the field you want to target with this validation.

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Thank you Chris

That was a very fast response :smiley:

If I also want numbers to be allowed, how do I do that?

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You did not mention numbers :slight_smile:

Change this line:

$pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/";

To this:

$pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*$/";
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I know sorry

And thank you again Chris!

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Did that work for you? Let me know and I’ll mark this as resolved if so, or will give it another shot. Thank you.

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