This didnt make it to the list earlier. Maybe I need some email lessons.
Leonard.
----- Original Message -----
From: pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jason Paschal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] zip code validation/regular expression
> Since you are only trying to match a 00000-0000 and 00000 why not add a if
> statement b4 it compares the regex. I think that might be the simplest.
>
> Leonard
>
>
> <?php
>
> $regex1 = "/^(\?(^00000(|-0000))|(\d{5}(|-\d{4})))$/";
>
> $zips =
> array("21243","21832-1234","00000-0000","00000","1234","ABCDEF","ABC");
>
> foreach ($zips as $zip) {
> if (($zip=="00000-0000") or ($zip=="00000"))
> {
> echo "$zip doesn't match.<br>";
> }
> else
> {
> if (preg_match($regex1,$zip))
> {
> echo "$zip MATCHES.<br>";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "$zip doesn't match.<br>";
> }
> }
>
> ?>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Paschal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:24 AM
> Subject: [PHP] zip code validation/regular expression
>
>
> > Simply trying to use regular expressions to validate a 5 or 5+4 zip
code,
> > excluding 00000 and 00000-0000. Looked on http://www.regexlib.com, and
> > that's where I found the pattern below, but it doesn't work. The best I
> can
> > do on my own is two separate regular expressions, one to match a valid
> zip,
> > and another to match the 00000 invalid code. I would really like to
> > condense it into one, just because I think it should be possible.
> > This code below is suppose to do all this for me, but it's not matching
as
> > I'd hoped. I get results like this:
> >
> > 21832-1234 MATCHES.
> > 00000-0000 MATCHES.
> > 00000 MATCHES.
> > 1234 doesn't match.
> > ABCDEF doesn't match.
> > ABC doesn't match.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help. Thanks,
> > jason
> >
> > <?php
> >
> > $regex1 = "/^(\?(^00000(|-0000))|(\d{5}(|-\d{4})))$/";
> >
> > $zips =
> > array("21243","21832-1234","00000-0000","00000","1234","ABCDEF","ABC");
> >
> > foreach ($zips as $zip) {
> > if (preg_match($regex1,$zip)) {
> > echo "$zip MATCHES.<br>";
> > } else {
> > echo "$zip doesn't match.<br>";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > ?>
> >
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