Assuming you meant 0-9 OR a-z ...
if (preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]/',$string))
{
...
}
The ^ in the regular expression anchors it to the start of the string.
Similarly, if you wanted to check that the string ENDED with the same
criteria then you would anchor the test to the end of the string
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:13:43 Bob M Brown wrote:
preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]/',$string)
That's what I needed.
Thank you :-)
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