Re: VB-->PHP

From:	Jay	Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:48:44 +0000
Subject:	Re: VB-->PHP
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Ni Shurong wrote:

I did not test it:) function isValid($strData, $bIncludeAlpha=false, $bIncludeNumber=false) {
    switch(true) {
        case $bIncludeAlpha && !$bIncludeNumber:
            $ptr = "/^[a-zA-Z]+/";
            break;
        case !$bIncludeAlpha && $bIncludeNumber:
            $ptr = "/^[0-9]+/";
            break;
        case $bIncludeAlpha && $bIncludeNumber:
            $ptr = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+/";
            break;
    }
    return preg_match($ptr, $strData);
} ---- Ni Shurong <srni@gzlinux.org> MAIL : srni@gzlinux.org QQ : 412844 MSN : nsr_xh@hotmail.com BLOG : http://blog.njmars.com/myhan/

Thanx, seems to work just fine. Some questions: Why "true" in the switch()? Why preg_match instead of ereg? Regards, J