Re: Regexp help (simple)

$string = 'ab12345-1'; if (preg_match('/^([a-zåäö]{2,3})([0-9]{4,5}(\-[0-9]{1,2}){0,1})$/i', $string, $m='')) { echo $m[1]; // -> ab echo $m[2]; // -> 12345-1 } g. martin luethi Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:59:37 +0100 Victor Spång Arthursson <scooterbabe@home.se>: > Hi! > > Anyone who could help me with this regexp problem? > > I want to verify that a string is made up of 2-3 letters, (a-z + åäö, > A-Z + ÅÖÄ), directly followed by 4 or 5 digits, which could, but may > not, be followed by a minus and one or two digits. > > Examples of valid strings: > > abc12345 > ABC12345 > abc1234 > ABC12345-1 > ABC12345-01 > > I would also like to split them into an array consisting of 2 elements; > > [0] = the first 2 or 3 letters > [1] = the rest > > Example: > > string = ab12345 > [0] = ab > [1] = 12345 > > string = åäö1234-66 > [0] = åäö > [1] = 1234-66 > > Lots of thanks in advance, > > sincerely > > Victor > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >