RE: [PHP-DB] Valid IP
| From: | John Holmes | Date: | Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:07:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Valid IP | ||
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Take out those + in your regular expression and it works fine for me,
for any format.
---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilmar Perez [mailto:wilmar.perez@caribe.udea.edu.co]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:40 PM
> To: php-db@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Valid IP
>
> Hello guys
>
> I know this should be asked in another list but don't want to subcribe
> just
> for a simple question. I apologise in advance if that bothers anyone.
>
> I'm trying to check valid IPs that come from a form filled by a user
so
> I'm
> using the following:
>
> function valid_ip($ip)
> {
> //Check whether it is a valid IP
> if (ereg("^[1-9]{2,3}+\.[1-9]{2,3}+\.[1-9]{2,3}+\.[1-9]{2,3}+$",
$ip))
> return true;
> else
> return false;
> }
>
> However it just accepts IPs such as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Errors arise
whith IP
> such as xxx.xx.xxx.xxx that is every part of the IP should be 3
numbers
> lenght to be accepted making the function not very handy.
>
> Any idea?
>
>
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> Library System
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> Medellín - Colombia
> 2002
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