Re: Still REG EX

On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, John Fishworld wrote: >> 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... > > Okay good point but still why doesn't it work ? Seems to work for me, given your questionable intentions. What happens when you try it? I just thought of one more problem. Domain name components can also contain numbers and hyphens. miguel