Re: preg_match

"Daniel Reichenbach" <daniel.reichenbach@pixum.com> writes: > i've got a string which looks like "<dummy@yourserver.com>". Now i wanted > to check it with preg_match like this: > > if ( preg_match( > '/[\<][a-z]([-a-z0-9_.])*@([-a-z0-9_]*\.)+[a-z]{2, }[\>]/i', $value ) ) { > print "Valid mail address"; > } else { > print "Invalid mail address"; > } > > Unfortunatly this doesn't work. I think, i have to use a different syntax > for the "<" and ">" braces. Can somebody give me a hint? According to the manual, "<" or ">" are not metacharacters, so no use escaping them. In any case, your expression can be simlified somewhat using Perl's \w sequence. Don't forget to designate beginning and end of string. Try the following: '/^<\w[\w.-]*@([\w-]+\.)+\w{2,}>$/i' -- Arcady Genkin i=1; while 1, hilb(i); i=i+1; end