try:
<?
if(ereg("[0-9]{9}", $string)){
echo "Success, 9 numbers!";
} else {
echo "Failure, not 9 numbers.";
}
?>
There is a great book on regular expressions by o'reily.
Evan
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On 10/5/01 at 11:33 AM Chris Aitken wrote:
>Ive been playing around with ereg for about half an hour and having no
>joy
>because I dont really understand the medhod behind it and how it all
>works.
>But what im trying to do is check to see if a 9 digit string is all
>numbers
>and nothing else
>
>$string1 = "123456789"
>$string2 = "123456abc"
>
>
>how would I check either string with an IF statement and make it continue
>on string 1 (ie, all numbers) and error on string 2 (not all numbers).
>
>
>Any suggestions ?
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Chris
>
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