When our users place a advert they are allowed to fill a url in the form Trying to restrict the characters to only allow http://www.domain.com rather than mailto: or @hotmail.com using a program called Reg Creator from Program 1 reg expression I am trying is mailto and @ (\w+)\s+(@\s+) and /(\w+)\s+(@\s+)/ I think I am missing what I need to do to restrict mailto and allow http:// Anyone assist me in the right direction please?