Re: note 37570 rejected and deleted from function.ereg by notes editor pollita

On 20 Nov 2003 00:39:33 -0000 webmaster@php.net wrote: [...cut...] > > Your note has been removed from the on-line manual. > Well, could you please tell me the reason? It is not a bug report, nor feature request, nor a question, nor e-mail address validator ;-) > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > The easier way to validate IPv4 and ethernet hardware address (MAC): > > function is_macaddress($mac) > { > if ( !eregi("^[0-9a-f]{2}(:[0-9a-f]{2}){5}$", $mac)) { > return FALSE; > } > return TRUE; > } > > function is_ipv4address($addr) > { > > if ( !ereg("^([0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3})$", $addr)) { > return FALSE; > } > > foreach (explode(".", $addr) as $a) { > if (($a < 0) || ($a > 255)) { > return FALSE; > } > } > > return TRUE; > } > > have fun, > okon. > > PS. beware - in real world there are no such IPv4 addresses as 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 which > is_ipv4address() would validate successfuly! > -- >><{]'> http://okon.one.pl/ <'[}><< "I feel something falling from the sky I'm so sad I made the angels cry"

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