Re: Regular Expression Help

This should work: $regex = "\\.php3\$; print $regex; if(eregi($regex, $entry_name)) It's only a quick guess. ck ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:51 PM Subject: [PHP] Regular Expression Help > Hi ya, > > I'm having some trouble with regular expressions using the > eregi() function. I'm a newbie, not to php, but just to regular > expressions in general. > > What I'm trying to do is print out an option list of only 777 'moded > files > with .php3 extensions. The "33279" is just what 0777 in octal(?) prints > > out as in base 10. I didn't have the energy to convert it, and it works > > fine. > > <?php > if(!isset($requested_dir)) { $requested_dir = "."; } > $current_directory = opendir($requested_dir); > while ($entry_name = readdir($current_directory)) > { > if(is_file($entry_name)) > { > $chmod_number = fileperms($entry_name); > if($chmod_number == "33279") > { > if(eregi("^[[:>:]]/.php3$", $entry_name)) > { > print("<option>$entry_name</option>\n"); > } > } > } > } > print("</select>\n"); > ?> > > As you can see, my regular expression is screwed up. I've looked in > 2 books ( Core PHP and Programming Browser Based Applications > in PHP3 ) and they both really glossed over the subject of regular > expressions. > > Basically, I just need the regular expression code that would take a > string ( test.php3 ) for example, and just check for the .php3 > extension. > > Thanks in advance > -Alex > > -- > Alex Augot ex.3065 > Software Process Engineering Group > Teradyne, Inc > Phone: 617-422-3065 > Cell: 617-435-7035 > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >