Re: Matching *exact* string?

Daniel Schierbeck wrote:

Nick Wilson wrote:

hello all I am foreach()ing through an array of ip addresses in a 'ban script' and have the following php code: foreach($ips as $ip) { preg_match("/$ip/", $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]); $ban = TRUE; } This is great, but if 127.0.0 were in the ban list (for example) it would still produce a ban as it partially matches. How can I alter the above so that only *exact* matches are banned? Much thanks!

I'd rather go with something like this: $banned_ips = array('123.123.123.123', '321.321.321.321'); // Banned IPs if (in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $banned_ips)) {

    die('Dude, you\'re banned!');

} But if I were you I'd choose something more advanced. And yes, I'm aware of the fact that 321.321.321.321 isn't a valid IP...

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