Posted by Tim Van Wassenhove on 11/19/48 11:47

On 2006-05-10, squash@peoriadesignweb.com <squash@peoriadesignweb.com> wrote:
>
> tim wrote:
>
>> Either with \
>> preg_match( '/www\//', $str )
>>
>> or use a diffrent charcter as a delimiter
>> preg_match( '|www/|', $str )
>>
>
> Actually I want to use $str in the preg_match, i.e:
>
> preg_match( "$str" , 'www' )
>
> but since $str is 'www/', the forward slashes causes a problem

As already said: they are only a problem if you use them as delimiter...
Since webdevelopment is usually about URLs (with forward slashes) i
agree that is better to use a delimiter like | instead of /.


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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>

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