Gerard Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone had any success with using variables in a regex shown below??
>
> $foo = 3;
> $bar = 4;
> preg_match('/^[a-z0-9\-_\.]+\.[a-z0-9]{$foo, $bar}$/', $some_string)
You have single quotes, so php wont expand the variables inside.
>
> or even
> preg_match('/^[a-z0-9\-_\.]+\.[a-z0-9]{' . $foo . ', ' . $bar . '}$/',
> $some_string)
that should work.
but you could do this:
$pattern = "/^[a-z0-9\-_\.]+\.[a-z0-9]{$foo, $bar}\$/";
preg_match($pattern, $some_string)
> but this would work
> preg_match('/^[a-z0-9\-_\.]+\.[a-z0-9]{3,4}$/', $some_string)
>
> Thanks for any pointers..
Curt
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