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I need to limit a text input to letters, numbers and a few characters including ' and ". The code I have without the ' looks like this: pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9\s+"*]{3,}' This works fine, but when I try to add the ' inside the brackets, escaped or not, it fails. I have looked at all of the answers about patterns and regex here and elsewhere and can't seem to nail it. Thanks for the help.

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  • What language are you using? Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:03
  • PHP Sorry I left that out. Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:12
  • Perhaps this page using htmlentities can be helpfull Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:25
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    Thank you. htmlentities was the answer. I would never have thought to use that solution. Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:31
  • pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9\s+\\x22*]{3,}' or pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9\s+\x22*]{3,}' should work, too. Commented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:48
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