what are you trying to do?
Jim Lucas
www.bend.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fishworld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: [PHP] Still REG EX
> I'm still playing about trying to validate an url
> www(dot)something(dot)something !
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> I thought this would work but know
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> if (ereg("^(w{3})(\\.)([a-zA-Z]+)(\\.)([a-z]{2,4})$", $str))
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> can anyone explain why not ???
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> ^(w{3}) = three w at start of string ??
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> (\\.) = literal dot ??
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> ([a-zA-Z]+) match any word with letters ??
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> (\\.) = literal dot ??
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> ([a-z]{2,4})$ = at least 2 leters eg de but upto 4 eg info
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> but it doesn't !
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> thanks in advance
> john
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