On Wednesday 28 August 2002 15:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i'm trying to create an script that cut's the text when a "." ( dot ) is
> found in one of the last words..
>
> i'm trying it with preg_match but it seems not to work.
>
> this is what i'm trying :
>
> if($i==15) {
> if(preg_match("/./",$text2[15])) {
> $text3 .= "($i $text2[15] )";
> break;
> }
> }
>
> could some one tell me what i'm doing wrong?
The period (.) has a special meaning within regexes, it matches any character.
Read manual for full details.
You need to escape special characters using a backslash ie:
"/\./"
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