Re: Quick RegEx Question

<? $price = "$19.99"; if(ereg("\\$[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}",$price)){ echo "this is a price"; } else{ echo "not a price"; } In eregs, if you want to use the $, you have to escape it twice...the first escape tells php to look for a variable whose name is after the $...the second \ tells it, look for this character... -jack Jeff Oien wrote: > > I want to check if a variable contains a price, like > $19.99 > It definitely would be a dollar sign, two integers a dot and > two integers. Here is what I tried which doesn't work. > > if (ereg("\$([0-9]{2}).([0-9]{2})", $Price)) > or > if (ereg("\$([0-9]{2})\.([0-9]{2})", $Price)) > > Thanks. > Jeff Oien > > -- > 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