As a side comment, you might want to account for Irish names that have an apostrophe in them. Also, you might be matching some things that are not names. 

use Test::More;

my $holli = qr/^\w[\w\s\-]+$/;
my $kyle  = qr{ \A \w [\w\s'-]+ \z }xms;
my @good_names = ( 'Smith', q{O'Donnelly}, 'Smith-Jones' );
my @bad_names = ( '12', "\\Windows\\System", '' );

plan 'tests' => (2 * scalar @good_names) + (2 * scalar @bad_names);

foreach my $name ( @good_names ) {
    ok( $name =~ $holli, "holli pattern matches [$name]" );
    ok( $name =~ $kyle, "kyle pattern matches [$name]" );
}
foreach my $name ( @bad_names ) {
    ok( $name !~ $holli, "holli pattern does not match [$name]" );
    ok( $name !~ $kyle, "kyle pattern does not match [$name]" );
}
__END__
1..12
ok 1 - holli pattern matches [Smith]
ok 2 - kyle pattern matches [Smith]
not ok 3 - holli pattern matches [O'Donnelly]
#   Failed test 'holli pattern matches [O'Donnelly]'
#   in perlmonks.pl at line 18.
ok 4 - kyle pattern matches [O'Donnelly]
ok 5 - holli pattern matches [Smith-Jones]
ok 6 - kyle pattern matches [Smith-Jones]
not ok 7 - holli pattern does not match [12]
#   Failed test 'holli pattern does not match [12]'
#   in perlmonks.pl at line 22.
not ok 8 - kyle pattern does not match [12]
#   Failed test 'kyle pattern does not match [12]'
#   in perlmonks.pl at line 23.
ok 9 - holli pattern does not match [\Windows\System]
ok 10 - kyle pattern does not match [\Windows\System]
ok 11 - holli pattern does not match []
ok 12 - kyle pattern does not match []
# Looks like you failed 3 tests of 12.

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(OK, maybe Test::More was overkill to make my point.)

In reply to Re: WebApps and Encoding by kyle
in thread WebApps and Encoding by holli

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