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Validation of firstname using regex in php

<?php
$name='vasanthan';
$regex_name = '/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/';

				if ($name!='' and !preg_match($regex_name,$name))
					{
						
						 echo "invalid";
					}

?>

<?php

$name='vasanthan';

$regex_name = '/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/';

if ($name!='' and !preg_match($regex_name,$name))

{

echo "invalid";

}