Re: what's wrong with this ereg?

Steve Cayford <steve_cayford@unioncab.com> wrote on 08/20/2002 10:28:46 AM: > Well, one thing is you've got mismatched parentheses. You need another > another opening paren right after the "if". > Also, don't you need to escape the last hyphen in your character sets? > As well as the . before the third character set? > -Steve Got it fixed like this: if (empty($useremail) || !eregi("^[A-Za-z0-9\.\_-]+@[A-Za-z0-9\_-] +\.[A-Za-z0-9\_-]+$", $useremail)) -- Chip > On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 11:11 AM, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > I am trying an email verification function, like this: > > > > if (empty($useremail)) || !eregi("^[A-Za-z0-9\_-]+@[A-Za-z0-9\_-] > > +.[A-Za-z0-9\_-]+.*", $email)) > > { > > $errmsg .= "The email address appears to be invalid\n"; > > } > > > > But it will not work, on one server I get this error: > > Parse error: parse error in > > /home/virtual/site109/fst/var/www/html/auth_dealers/user_input2.php on > > line > > 70 > > and on another server I get this error: > > Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_BOOLEAN_OR in > > /usr/local/apache/htdocs/auth_dealers/user_input2.php on line 70 > > > > What do I need to do to fix this? > > > > -- > > Chip Wiegand > > Computer Services > > Simrad, Inc > > www.simradusa.com > > chip.wiegand@simrad.com > > > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." > > --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment > > Corporation, 1977 > > (They why do I have 9? Somebody help me!) > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php