note 7503 deleted from function.ereg by jimw
| From: | jimw@php.net | Date: | Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:20:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 7503 deleted from function.ereg by jimw | ||
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The period matches anything, so escape it if you want to match against a period.<br>
ereg("c.w",$string) matches "cow", but also "ciw", "clw" and
so on. Use "\." instead. ereg("c\.w",$string) matches only "c.w".