Re: Re: REG_BADRPT error

Thanks for the help. Being new to PHP I was unaware that I could use some perl compatible regexes here. That will help me out a lot. Thanks again, Aaron "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote in message news:432beae0407190901e8426ef@mail.gmail.com... > In this case, it seems like you're looking for a lot of different and > exclusive things at once. I would suggest not using a huge regex as > they can be hard to create, harder to read, and impossible to > maintain. That said, I do use regexes in some of my code, just not for > something this simple. ;-) I generally use Perl Compatible Regexes as > I understand them better. Try: > > if(strlen($pass) < 6 || !preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $pass) || > !preg_match('/[0-9]/', $pass)) { > //bad password > } > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:10:47 -0400, Aaron Todd <aaloki88@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Ive been trying a few things and finally I did get rid of the error. I > > changed the code to: > > if (!ereg('^(!?=.*[0-9]+.*)(!?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[0-9a-zA-Z]{6,}$', $pass)){ > > Notice the ! before the two ? > > > > This got rid of the error, but it still isnt working the way I want it to. > > That line should validate the variable $pass, which should be greater than 6 > > characters and contain at least one numbers and one letter. That line > > should be true if $pass does not equil 6 characters and contain at least one > > numbers and one letter. > > > > Can someone correct me on this. I am new to PHP so I am still trying to get > > the hang of it. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Aaron > > > > "Aaron Todd" <aaloki88@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:20040719135401.23199.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am getting an REG_BADRPT error when I use ereg. > > > > > > The line of code that errors is: > > > if (!ereg('^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[0-9a-zA-Z]{8,}$', $pass)){ > > > > > > I got this regex from regexlib.com and tried to impliment it, but no > > matter > > > what I do it always returns the error. I did a google search and the only > > > suggestion I found was to make sure that the variable contains data. So I > > > echoed the variable and it did have data in it. Does anyone know why I > > > might be getting this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Aaron > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > !DSPAM:40fbe26957361384218867! > > > > > > > -- > DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips > http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder > > paperCrane --Justin Patrin--