Thank you. That was exactly the problem.
Janet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Llewellin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg problem
>
> the - needs to be immediately after the [ to include that character.
> Otherwise it is a range indicator.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CC Zona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg problem
>
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Janet Valade) wrote:
> >
> > > if (!ereg("^[0-9\-\+\.\ \)\(]{10,}$",$value)) {
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me why this works for every character except the -. It
> > > doesn't see the hyphen as a valid part of the phone number, even
> though
> it
> > > recognizes the other characters, e.g. + or .
> >
> > Try:
> > if (!ereg("^[0-9+. )(-]{10,}$",$value))
> >
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