#23175 [NEW]: eregi

From: chiragvaland at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: eregi Dear All, i am trying to validate a UK post code ie. kt1 2ls and used the following to do so eregi("^([[:alnum:]]{3,4})+(| )+([[:alnum:]]{3,4})$" where(| ) corresponds to the space between 2 alphanumeric items, but this error message appears Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: REG_EMPTY is there anyway to check for a space in the text entered? (only one space though) Thanking you in advance, Chirag -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23175&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23175&r=gnused