hi, yes, you have to escape the '.' because it has a special meaning, it matches on Any character (except newline maybe). But you probably do not need a preg_match anyway.
Merijn van den Kroonenberg e-factory bv Tel.: +31 (0)475 - 340 975 Fax: +31 (0)475 - 320 351 Web: www.e-factory.nl ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:39 AM Subject: [PHP] preg_match > 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? > > thnx > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php