I was hoping to get some advice on why the code below is not working as expected.
At the moment I am working on making sure that the name in the form is not empty, when the form is submitted.

The particular snip bit I am talking about is -
<code>
elseif(($key === 'name'&& !empty($formatedValue))|| $key === 'other'){
echo 'hi';
if(!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z -]{3,30}\$/",$formatedValue)){
$message = $key.' should only contain letters and should be no longer than 45 characters';
}
}
</code>

the code below in full -
<code>
<?php
function sendEmail($email){
$headers ="MIME-Versin: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n" .
"From:" .$email['email']. "\r\n" .
"X-Mailer: PHP" . phpversion();

foreach($email as $key =>$val){
if(is_array($val)) $emails = implode("\n",$val);
elseif($key === 'submited' || $val === '' || $key === 'email') ;
elseif(!is_array($val)){
$val = formatInput($val);
$emails .= "$val \n";
}
;//do nothing
}

mail("bfishdesign@gmail.com","Query",$emails,$headers);
echo "Thank you for your enquiry. We will get back to you as soon as possible";
}
function checkEmail($email){
if(!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z]+[1-9]*([.][A-Za-z]+)?[@][A-Za-z]+[.][A-Za-z]{2,3}([.][A-Za-z]{2,3})?\$/",$email)){
return false;
}else return true;
}

function formatInput($toFormat){
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
$toFormat = stripslashes($toFormat);
$toFormat = trim(strip_tags((string) $toFormat));
}else{
$toFormat = trim(strip_tags((string) $toFormat));
}
return $toFormat;
}
//do some error checking on user input
function checkValues($key,$check){
$message = '';
$formatedValue = formatInput($check);
if($key === 'submited' || $formatedValue === '' || is_array($formatedValue)) ;
elseif(($key === 'name'&& !empty($formatedValue))|| $key === 'other'){
echo 'hi';
if(!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z -]{3,30}\$/",$formatedValue)){
$message = $key.' should only contain letters and should be no longer than 45 characters';
}
}
elseif($key === 'email'){
$email = checkEmail($formatedValue);
if($email == 0){
$message = 'email error';
}
}
elseif($key === 'post'){
if(!is_numeric($formatedValue) || strlen($formatedValue) != 4) $message = $key .' error';
}
elseif($key === 'phone' || $key === 'mobile'){
if(!is_numeric($formatedValue) || strlen($formatedValue) != 10) $message = $key .' error';
}
return $message;
}
//convert array into individual variables
function separateArray($array){
foreach($array as $key => $val){
if(is_array($val)) ;//separateArray($array[$key]);
else{
$check = checkValues($key,$array[$key]);
if (!empty($check)) $errors[$key] = $check;
}

}
if(empty($errors)) sendEmail($_POST);
else{
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($errors);
echo '</pre>';
}
}

separateArray($_POST);


?>
</code>