Merge pull request #2220 from sajanNOPPIX/develop

New Form Validation Rule: alpha_numeric_spaces

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index bbd0b523e..1511d9add 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -1232,6 +1232,19 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Alpha-numeric w/ spaces
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	public function alpha_numeric_spaces($str)
+	{
+		return (bool) preg_match('/^[A-Z0-9 ]+$/i', $str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Alpha-numeric with underscores and dashes
 	 *
 	 * @param	string