Re: Regex help
| From: | David Grant | Date: | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:00:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Regex help | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Chris,
if (preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9\.]+\s*[A-Za-z0-9\.]*$/", "Co. Dublin"))
echo "TRUE";
else
echo "FALSE";
prints "TRUE" for me.
Cheers,
David Grant
Chris Boget wrote:
> Why isn't this regular expression
>
> ^[A-Za-z0-9\.]+\s*[A-Za-z0-9\.]*$
>
> allowing for this value:
>
> 'Co. Dublin' (w/o the single quotes)
>
> ? It's failing the regular expression match...
>
> thnx,
> Chris
>