note 12869 deleted from function.checkdate by jimw
| From: | jimw@php.net | Date: | Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:38:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 12869 deleted from function.checkdate by jimw | ||
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I have noticed a large percentage of user contributed notes suggest using ereg to parse a
variable/expression. The processing and memory overhead in using ereg to perform a trivial task does
not match its usefulness. Use ereg ONLY as a last resort.