RE: [PHP-DB] regular expression help

i see... so the pattern you need is <?php $atLeast = 2; $pattern = '#\d{1}#'; if(preg_match_all($pattern, $password, $a) > $atLeast) { echo 'password ok; contains at least '.$atLeast.' digits.'; } hth greez ma Larry Sandwick wrote:

I would like to make sure that there is at least 1 number in the password ? // Larry -----Original Message----- From: Matthias Steinböck [mailto:grillen@abendstille.at] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:41 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] regular expression help hi! is this correct: you want to check if there are two letters in the password wich do not surround a digit? if so this is what you need: <?php // dies $password = 'alfgoesswimming'; // dies too $password = 'a2lf4g2o4e7s9s3w9i0m5m7i0n3g'; // survives $password = 'a2l5f4g2o4e7s9s3w9i0m5m7i0n3g'; $found = array(); $pattern = '#[a-z_]{2}#i'; if(preg_match_all($pattern, $password, $found)>0) { die('You must have a number between 2 letters in your password ... 0-9'); } else { die('password accepted'); } ?> greez ma