note 73468 deleted from function.preg-match by colder

Note Submitter: nospam1 at piacitelli dot org ---- Concerning note by warcraft at libero dot it , 20-Jul-2006 07:29. The proposed code for checking the "codice fiscale" (italian fiscal ID) could rule out valid submissions. Indeed, issued "codici fiscali" may be modified by the goverment in case of persons with same name birthday and birthplace, by turning one or more of the seven numbers into letters respecting the correspondence 0123456789 - LMNPQRSTUV. Hence the correct code to check a submitted "codice fiscale" is the following modification of warcraft's code: $cf='/[a-z]{6}[0-9lmnpqrstuv]{2}[abcdehlmprst][0-9lmnpqrstuv]{2}'._ '[a-z][0-9lmnpqrstuv]{3}[a-z]/i"; return preg_match($cf,$var); namely: - there are 16 characters - characters at positions (count start from 1) from 1-6, 9, 12 and 16 are in [a-z]; - all other characters are in [0-9lmnpqrstuv] Gherardo