Common Regex's for your coding pleasure.
$NAME_REGEX     = '[a-zA-Z]+';
$ADDRESS_REGEX  = '[.-\w]+';
$CITY_REGEX     = '\w+';
$PHONE_REGEX    = '^1?[-\s\.\/]?\s*\(?(\d\d\d)\)?[-\s\.\/]?\s*(\d\d\d)
+?[-\s\.\/]?(\d\d\d\d)\s*$';
$ZIP_REGEX      = '^\d{5}(([-\s])?\d{4})?\s*$';
$DOB_REGEX      = '^\d?\d[-\s\.\/]\s*\d?\d[-\s\.\/]\d\d\d?\d?s*$';
$EMAIL_REGEX    = '[-.\w]+\@[-.\w]+';
$COMMENT_REGEX  = '\w+';
$SSN_REGEX      = '^\d\d\d([\s\.\/-])?\d\d([\s\.\/-]>?\d\d\d\d\s*$';
$HTTP_CLEAN_HEADER_REGEX =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex(
+$1))/eg; #i.e., get rid of %20 et. al nauseaum from post headers.

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