> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 31 May 2003 21:21
> 
> If you want the entire string to be tested for digits, you 
> need to add the
> length of the string to the regex pattern:
> 
>     $length = strlen($data);
>     preg_match("[0-9]{$length}", $data);

Or anchor the pattern to both start and end of the string:

      preg_match("^[0-9]+$", $data);

Cheers!

Mike

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