Re: Ereg/replace/i/ or something ??

Try ereg("^[0-9]{10}$", $cust_tel); Quick explanation (I get the feeling you're new at regexes): ^ - beginning of string [0-9] - any number between 0 and 9 inclusive {10} - exactly ten times $ - end of string There ya go. J B. Verbeek wrote: > Hello, > > I want to check the data from a form-field if it excists only of digits > (0-9) and nothing else. > > How do I use the ereg()-function for this? > > >> ereg("[0-9]",$cust_tel, $cust_tel); << > > It is also to turn it around but then the pattern will get larger because > it has to contain: > / "'.,-)(*&^%# a-z A-Z and so on... > > The field has to be 10 digits long and has to contain only digits!!! > > > Can anyone help me? > > Regards, > > Bart