Re: help with regex in preg_match();

On Monday, July 1, 2002, at 01:37 PM, <php@net.co.cr> wrote:

I got this line that is relly giving me a pain..: if (preg_match("@siteUserList.cgi\?group=site177(&?)@", $QUERY_STRING)) As you can see it just matches the query string when it looks like this: siteUserList.cgi?group=site177& (with or without a "&") The thing is I need it to match also if after the "&" there is a number (that will have more than 1 digit) Ive tried many diffrent thing with \d+ but I can get it to work.. can somebody give me some light? Thanks.

preg_match('/siteUserList.cgi\?group=site177&?(\d\d+)?/', $QUERY_STRING) that will match the following criteria:

    if there is a "&" sign
    OR a "number with more than 1 digit"
    OR both an "&" sign AND a "number with more than 1 digit"

If you only want it to match if there is BOTH an "&" sign AND a "number with more than 1 digit", it should be like this: preg_match('/siteUserList.cgi\?group=site177(&\d\d+)?/', $QUERY_STRING) ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown pricee@hhbrown.com