php regex code problem with + symbol

hi all..i need some help with php code

i have this code

$ValResult=0;
preg_match_all('/^[a-zA-Z- .,]{2,200}$/', $Valstring, $matches);
	foreach($matches[0] as $value){
		if($value!='' || $value!='0' || $value!='null'){
			$ValResult=1;
		 }	
		 else{
			$ValResult=0;
		 }			
	}
	 return $ValResult; 

Code (markup):

and try it with

1)$Valstring='hulu'; and its return $ValResult=1--ok
2)$Valstring='hulu-'; and its return $ValResult=1--ok
3)$Valstring='hulu123'; and its return $ValResult=0--ok
4)$Valstring='hulu]'; and its return $ValResult=0--ok

but the when i try it with

5)$Valstring='hulu+'; and its return $ValResult=1--not ok

it suppose to return $ValResult=0

can someone help me with..thanking you all in advance for reviewing my post

 

Include a literal '+' sign in your preg
Notice that I have put a backslash before that '+' sign, its because I don't want to confuse PHP whether it is a pattern modifier.

$pattern='/^[a-zA-Z- .,\+]{2,200}$/'

PHP:

 

That is called escaping.

 

By any chance is $ValString coming from $_GET or somewhere else where a plus symbol is synonymous with a space, after being urldecoded ?

I see your pattern allows for spaces.

 

<?
$Valstring = "hulu+";
$ValResult=0;
preg_match_all('/^[a-zA-Z- .,]{2,200}$/', $Valstring, $matches);
foreach($matches[0] as $value){
if($value!='' || $value!='0' || $value!='null'){
$ValResult=1;
}
else{
$ValResult=0;
}
}
print $ValResult;
?>
this way i am getting result as 0.May be u r getting the value of $Valstring from somewhere else that can change the meaning of + .

 

Thanx guys i will try out all your suggestion