note 9672 added to ereg

From: Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:07:21 +0000
Subject: note 9672 added to ereg
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<? $date = "2000-12-999"; if (eregi("([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2})", $date, $regs)) echo "Passed"; else echo "Invalid"; ?> Why would this echo out Passed? The last set of numbers is not 1 or 2 digits. It is 3. http://www.php.net/manual/function.ereg.php

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