Re: [PHP] preg_match

[Marek Kilimajer]

If $thumbname does not contain any regular expression syntax characters, 
it mean $item must begin with $thumbname to match the expression. Even a 
dot is a syntax character, the code should better be:

if (!preg_match("/^".preg_quote($thumbname)."/",$item))

preg_quote will escape special characters. But John's suggestion is better.

pete M wrote:

could someone explain what this bit of code does please...

if (!preg_match("/^".$thumbname."/",$item))
{
}
tia
PEte
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