Re: Regular Expressions...

On Fri, 31 May 2002 12:32:29 +0100, you wrote: >example of the contents of $file that might pass is: > >advance_racingx_14_4_29.pdf > >another might be, which would not pass is: > >advance_fork10_3_4_11.pdf If you need it to be in that specific order, use the following: if(preg_match("/advance.*racingx/",$string)) { //do stuff } If the order doesn't matter, do this: if(preg_match("/advance/",$string) && preg_match("/racingx/",$string)) { //do stuff } There may be some more efficient/elegant ways to do this, but the above should yield the results you are looking for.