Hi,

Thanks for the excellent input.

I played around a bit and this is what I have got working perfectly.

if (($contents ne "") && (!($contents =~ /^[\w \.\,\=\" \/<>]+$/))){
$contentserror = "Error - message.";++$error;
}
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For some reason this != was not helping the situation.

Anyway Paladin, a big thanks I had been fiddleing for hours and now have a good solution thanks to your suggestion.

Best wishes

Sid

Edit by castaway, added code tags