Posted by dkirkdrei on 12/16/06 19:30

Rik wrote:
> dkirkdrei@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I am having a problem verifying characters in a variable, I am trying
> > to create a conditional statement based on whether or not the first
> > two characters of a variable contain "E9". The variable will always be
> > either a 6 or a 7 digit, alpha-numeric string begining with "E". I
> > have tried the following ereg() statement and it picks up everything
> > because it begins with "E". I cannot seem to find any examples for
> > matching characters in a specific location within a string except for
> > the begining or the end. I am sure there is a simple solution. Any
> > ideas??
> >
> > (ereg("^[E9]", $enumber))
>
> This would mean: Match if the first character if it's in the block between
> [], i.e. everything starting with 'E' _or_ '9' will match.
> Do not use [] if you're looking for an exact string.
>
> Starting with E9:
> preg_match('/^E9/',$number);
>
> Case insensitive (either E or e):
> preg_match('/^E9/i',$number);
> --
> Rik Wasmus

Thanks Rik, I had tried preg_match() but I was trying to use the square
brackets and it was not working. I will give your suggestions a try.
Thanks again for the response...

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