php preg_match to validate twitter username

What is the pattern to valid开发者_如何学Pythonate a twitter username using preg_match?

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I think greg forgot the "@" that indicates the beginning of a twitter handler:

preg_match("/\@[a-z0-9_]+/i", $username);

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Twitter allows you to use letters, numbers, and '_', so

preg_match("/[a-z0-9_]+/i", username)

for a case-insensitive search with at least one character.

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Better yet:

preg_match('/^\@[\w]+$/', $value);