check the manual page for ereg... you'll find that it takes 2 parameters minimum, and the return value is not what your code expects it to be. http://www.php.net/ereg
"Bryan Koschmann - Gkt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Okay, I think I'm just being stupid here. Can someone please tell me why > this is wrong? Yeah I know it looks lame, but I'm just testing something. > > This always returns "no matches" > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > <? > > $now = strtotime("now"); > $out = "never set"; > if ($now == ereg("[2200-2230]")) > $out = "special"; > elseif ($now == ereg("[0600-1159]")) > $out = "morning"; > elseif ($now == ereg("[1200-1659]")) > $out = "afternoon"; > elseif ($now == ereg("[1700-1959]")) > $out = "evening"; > elseif ($now == ereg("[2000-0000]")) > $out = "night"; > elseif ($now == ereg("[0001-0559]")) > $out = "too late"; > else > $out = "no matches"; > > print(date("Hi", $now)); > print "\n$out\n"; > > > ?> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php