Re: help with regexp (mail validation)

This is a common feeling. Check out : Learning to Use Regular Expressions by Example : ---------------------------------------------------------- http://phpbuilder.com/columns/dario19990616.php3 So What's A $#!%% Regular Expression, Anyway?! : ---------------------------------------------------------- http://devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/RegExp/ PHP Manual : ereg() : ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.php.net/manual/function.ereg.php Regards, Philip Olson http://www.cornado.com/ On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Christian Dechery wrote: > I'm new - or even better, completely lame - at regexps... but I'm pretty > interessed in understanding it (I have no need for it right now, it just > seem to be really nice to know.)... > > I had to build a mail catalog... and I did it... to validate the emails I > used regexps that I found here on the list... and they're working fine... > > can somebody please "translate" them for me? like: > > this regexp string means something that starts with 'this', has 'that' in > the middle of 'those' and ends with 'that'.... > > here it is: > > "/(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/" > and > "/^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/" > > thanks in advance... > ____________________________ > . Christian Dechery (lemming) > . http://www.tanamesa.com.br > . Gaita-L Owner / Web Developer > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >