Re: Seemingly weird regex problem

From: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:59:10 +0000
Subject: Re: Seemingly weird regex problem
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Tim Boring wrote: > Hello! I'm having an odd regex problem. Here's a summary of what I'm > trying to accomplish: > switch ($line) > { > case ($total_counter <= 5): > break; > case preg_match("/^\W+/", $line): While it would be Really Nifty (tm) if PHP worked this way, as far as I know, you can only have a CONSTANT in your case. switch($char){ case 'X': echo "It was an X"; break; } You can't just put arbitrary expressions there... Feel free to correct me if the Manual sez different. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm

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