Re: reg-ex problem

In article <3A81920C.1C53EE2D@fastsearch.com>, lee.stretton@fastsearch.com (Lee Stretton) wrote: <snip> > elseif( preg_match( "/^[a-zA-Z]+$/", $arg[$i], $matches ) ) <snip> > elseif( preg_match( "/(div\d|prem)/", $arg[$i], $matches ) ) <snip> > The first 3 work fine, but the last one "/(div\d|prem)/" doesnt work > properly. It does work if I have say div1, but if I have prem it doesnt > work at all. I have tried changing the regex so it only contains > "/prem/" and it still doesnt work. can anyone tell me what is wrong with > this code, or is it just a bug in my version of php? Your earlier test for "/^[a-zA-Z]+$/" catches any string that is all letters from beginning to end. Thus a string == "prem" would be caught above, and never reach the test for "/(div\d|prem)/". -- CC