Re: ereg is failing on this simple test
| From: | Mike | Date: | Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:01:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: ereg is failing on this simple test | ||
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it works if you remove the last $ from the expression, also I think the . needs escaping
unless you have a special reason, use preeg_* as it is supposed to be quicker
Mike
Manuel Ochoa wrote:
Why is this test failing? $data = "A Simple test."; If (ereg("^[a-zA-Z0-9\s.\-_']+$", $data)) { echo "Valid text"; } else { echo "Not valid text"; } I'm running PHP 4.34 on a windows pc. This function is new to me, any help would be appreciated.