Re: Still REG EX

Okay good point but still why doesn't it work ? thanks john > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, John Fishworld wrote: > > I'm still playing about trying to validate an url > > www(dot)something(dot)something ! > > > > I thought this would work but know > > > > if (ereg("^(w{3})(\\.)([a-zA-Z]+)(\\.)([a-z]{2,4})$", $str)) > > First of all, web server hostnames don't need to start with www. Secondly, > they can have any number of components (separated by periods) from 1 to > dozens. Thirdly, the last term doesn't have to be 4 characters or less. > > > ([a-z]{2,4})$ = at least 2 leters eg de but upto 4 eg info > > .museum... > > miguel > >