Regex pattern ^(+?6?01)[0|1|2|3|4|6|7|8|9]-*[0-9]{7,8}$ in HTML5 input return error. I tested the regex, no errors on regex101.com as well as in my php code. But in HTML5 it does not function as it be. My code:
<input class="mdl-textfield__input" name="mobile_number" type="text" pattern="^(+?6?01)[0|1|2|3|4|6|7|8|9]-*[0-9]{7,8}$">
Error:
textfield.js:146 Pattern attribute value ^(+?6?01)[0|1|2|3|4|6|7|8|9]-*[0-9]{7,8}$ is not a valid regular expression: Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /^(+?6?01)[0|1|2|3|4|6|7|8|9]-*[0-9]{7,8}$/: Invalid escape
Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance for any helps offered.
My tested regex: https://regex101.com/r/1WsVwo/1
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Answer
You have a few problems with your regex. The one causing the “invalid escape” error is that you have -, but you do not need to (and should not) escape the hyphen. You should just have -. A proper version of your input is:
<input class="mdl-textfield__input" name="mobile_number" type="text" pattern="^(+?6?01)[0-46-9]-*[0-9]{7,8}$">
In that example, I’ve also replaced the group [0|1|2|3|4|6|7|8|9] with the cleaner and more accurate [0-46-9]. In a character group (like [...]), the pipe symbol (|) is just another character, with no special meaning. So, for example, [0|1] doesn’t just match 0 or 1; it also matches a literal | character, which is not what you wanted. You might find this post helpful: Reference – What does this regex mean?