Posted by Stefan Rybacki on 11/03/05 21:40

billy wrote:
> | ^content/([^/]+)/([^.]+)$
> |
> | I know the "^" means "not".
>
>...
> [^.]+ means that "aba" is fine but "aab" is not since one "a" immediately
> follows another (adjacent).

That is definitely wrong. See my other posting.

And if you don't believe try this:

$test="aaaabbbb.lblal";

preg_match("/([^.]+)/",$test,$result);

print_r($result);

This expression matches on anything before . even if a follows a follows a follows a ...
follows b ...

Regards
Stefan

>
> hth,
>
> me
>
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