Re: Why would this eregi() function not work?

Dave -- ..and then Dave G said... % % PHP Gurus, % I have an eregi() function that I'm using to validate emails % that users enter into a form. I pretty much took it directly from the % book "PHP and MySQL Web Development". It looks like this: % (!eregi('^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+$', $email) 1) Constructing an all-compatible email expression is darned near impossible. See the archives for a recent discussion of this. 2) Sure enough, you don't allow "+" extensions in yours. Neener neener :-) 3) You might check out preg_match, which the manual says is often faster than ereg(). 4) To include '-' in a range list, put it last in the range. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!