Re: Reg Ex
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:52:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Reg Ex | ||
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On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 15:03 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote:
> Eric Butera schreef:
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Warren Windvogel
> > <wwindvogel@iburst.co.za> wrote:
> >> Eric Butera wrote:
> >>> Who says every file will have an extension? Who says they're all .+3
> >>> chars? When I first started php I tried that and it failed in a lot
> >>> of places.
> >> I've also run into that problem in the past. The way that I could work
> >> around all these issues was to document naming conventions for the files and
> >> validate these before using the regex to obtain the necessary information.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Warren
> >>
> >
> > ...or you could just use pathinfo and be done with it. I work for
> > clients. Clients shouldn't have to read a faq to upload a file.
>
> no. they generally believe that when they upload a CSV file in a field
> very clearly marked "upload your FLASH file here" things should just work :-)
>
> >
>
>
I had exactly the same problem with someone wondering why a PDF CV
wouldnt upload in a form marked CSV upload, she adamantly refused to
read it properly!
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk