diff --git a/forms/RestrictedTextField.php b/forms/RestrictedTextField.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * A Text field that cannot contain certain characters
+ * @deprecated 2.3
+ * @package forms
+ * @subpackage fields-formatted
+ */
+class RestrictedTextField extends TextField {
+
+	protected $restrictedChars;
+
+	function __construct($name, $title = null, $value = "", $restrictedChars = "", $maxLength = null){
+		$this->restrictedChars = $restrictedChars;
+		parent::__construct($name, $title, $value);	
+	}
+	
+	function Field() {
+		Requirements::add_i18n_javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/lang');
+		Requirements::javascript( SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/javascript/UniqueFields.js' );
+		
+		if($this->maxLength){
+			$field = "<input class=\"text restricted\" type=\"text\" id=\"" . $this->id() . "\" name=\"{$this->name}\" value=\"" . $this->attrValue() . "\" maxlength=\"$this->maxLength\" />";
+		}else{
+			$field = "<input class=\"text restricted\" type=\"text\" id=\"" . $this->id() . "\" name=\"{$this->name}\" value=\"" . $this->attrValue() . "\" />"; 
+		}
+		
+		return $field."<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars\" value=\"".$this->restrictedChars."\" />";
+	}
+}
+?>
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diff --git a/forms/UniqueRestrictedTextField.php b/forms/UniqueRestrictedTextField.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for the given
+ * set of fields in a given set of tables
+ * @deprecated 2.3
+ * @package forms
+ * @subpackage fields-formattedinput
+ */
+class UniqueRestrictedTextField extends UniqueTextField {
+	
+	protected $charRegex;
+	protected $charReplacement;
+	protected $charMessage;
+	
+	function __construct($name, $restrictedField, $restrictedTable, $restrictedMessage, $charRegex, $charReplacement, $charMessage, $title = null, $value = "", $maxLength = null ){
+		$this->charRegex = $charRegex;
+		$this->charReplacement = $charReplacement;
+		$this->charMessage = $charMessage;
+		
+		parent::__construct($name, $restrictedField, $restrictedTable, $restrictedMessage, $title, $value, $maxLength);	
+	}
+	 
+	function Field() {
+			return parent::Field()."<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars\" value=\"".$this->charRegex."\" /><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars-replace\" value=\"".$this->charReplacement."\" /><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"restricted-chars[".$this->id()."]\" id=\"".$this->id()."-restricted-chars-message\" value=\"".$this->charMessage."\" />";
+	}
+}
+?>
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