Così?!?
Codice PHP:
function account_namevalid($name) {  
           if (
eregi("^((root)|(bin)|(daemon)|(adm)|(lp)|(sync)|(shutdown)|(halt)|(mail)|(news)|(uucp)|(operator)|(games)|(mysql)|(httpd)|(nobody)|(dummy)|(www)|(cvs)|(shell)|(ftp)|(irc)|(debian)|(ns)|(download))$"$name))
           {
    return 
false;
  }
  if (
eregi("^(anoncvs_)"$name)) {
    return 
false;
  }

return 
true;
}

        
$name "prova";
        if (
account_namevalid($name) === true) echo "

 NO ERRORE </p>"
;
        else  echo 
"

ERRORE </p>"
;

?>