Validate UK short postcode

Question

I\'m using this validator:

//validate postcode
function IsPostcode($postcode)
{
    $postcode = strtoupper(str_replace(\' \',\'\',$postcode));
    if(preg_match(         


        

Answer 1

you can use my updated regex to solve you problem

it working from my end to validate UK zip code

<?php 
function IsPostcode($postcode)
{
    $postcode = strtoupper(str_replace(' ','',$postcode));
    if(preg_match("/(^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9R][0-9A-Z]?[\s]?[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}$)/i",$postcode) || preg_match("/(^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9R][0-9A-Z]$)/i",$postcode))
    {    
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        return false;
    }
}

echo $result = IsPostcode('ME20');
?>

OUTPUT

1

Hope this will sure help you.