Re: Baby's First Regex! (Repost - Please Help)

Hello Murray, (MS == "Murray Shields") murray@mu.com.au writes: MS> I have written my first regex's, which are simply used for MS> validation of input into a web form. Basically, they check to see MS> if an invalid characters are being entered, and is working MS> perfectly. A different regex is used to different types of input. MS> They are as follows <snipped examples> MS> At the moment, the error message sent to the browser is along the MS> lines of "You have entered invalid characters. Please check and MS> try again." However, I would rather be able to tell them WHICH MS> characters they entered represent a problem. You can use parentheses around items you wish to match-and-store and refer to those items later. There is a 3rd argument to ereg(), and that can hold your matches. ereg (string pattern, string string [, array regs]) Look at the example on this page: http://www.php.net/manual/html/function.ereg.html And for a different flavor: http://www.php.net/manual/html/function.ereg-replace.html MS> How can I get a the list of characters tht causes one of these MS> regex's to fail? -Brian -- While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.