I'm using preg_match to verify form data. I'm not sure how to handle accented characters, e.g., an "e" with an accent as in Mazda Protegé. Obviously the following pattern ( '/^[a-z0-9()\/\'"|&,. -]{2,55}$/i' ) doesn't cut it. I had tried [[:alnum:]] but that didn't do it either. Jeff Siegel