Posted by Rik on 01/26/07 19:51

monomaniac21 <mcyi2mr3@googlemail.com> wrote:

> hi all
>
> can anyone tell me, does this condition evaluate to true or false?
>
> $foo =3D ereg('ca?t', 'caaaaaaat');

False afaik. Forget the POSIX functions, use preg_match();

To match 'cat' or 'ct':
preg_match('/ca?t/',$string);

To match 'cat', 'caat','caaat' etc.
preg_match('/ca+t/',$string);

To match 'ct','cat', 'caat','caaat' etc.
preg_match('/ca*t/',$string);
-- =

Rik Wasmus

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