Re: [PHP] regular expression question

But how? The +[a-z]{2,} seems to allow at least two a-z clusters, but it doesn't include a period. /ml Almost correct. The plus belongs to whatever comes before it, not after. So what you're referring to as matching two or more characters but not the period, is this: [a-z]{2,} And this

[PHP] regular expression question

Hello: I've adapted this regular expression script from a book, but I'm not clear why it works. $email = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $pattern = /[EMAIL PROTECTED]@([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}/; ___ if ( preg_match($pattern,$email) ) { print yes! . $email . matches!; } else { print no match; }

Re: [PHP] regular expression question

Matthew Lasar wrote: But I don't understand why the second half of the regular expression works. I'm talking about this part: @([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}/; why is it able to detect repeated sections of the email address after @ that are separated by periods? like @email.alaska.com . It

Re: [PHP] regular expression question

At 11:32 AM 8/31/2007, Per Jessen wrote: Matthew Lasar wrote: But I don't understand why the second half of the regular expression works. I'm talking about this part: @([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}/; why is it able to detect repeated sections of the email address after @ that are separated by

Re: [PHP] regular expression question

Matthew Lasar wrote: At 11:32 AM 8/31/2007, Per Jessen wrote: Matthew Lasar wrote: But I don't understand why the second half of the regular expression works. I'm talking about this part: @([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,}/; why is it able to detect repeated sections of the email address

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

On 8/11/05, Leon Vismer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robin Many thanks for this, how would one extend this to support the following: $str = insert into userComment (userID, userName, userSurname) values (0, 'Leon', 'mcDonald'); one does not want $str = insert into user_comment

[PHP] Regular expression question

Hi I would like to convert from one naming convention within a sql statement to another. I have the following, code $str = insert into userComment (userID, userName, userSurname) values (0, 'Leon', 'Vismer'); $match = array( /([a-z]+)(ID)/, /([a-z]+)([A-Z])/ ); $replace = array( \$1_id,

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

n Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Leon Vismer wrote: Hi I would like to convert from one naming convention within a sql statement to another. I have the following, code $str = insert into userComment (userID, userName, userSurname) values (0, 'Leon', 'Vismer'); $match = array( /([a-z]+)(ID)/,

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

Hi Just a quick note; why dont' you search on user since it's the constant and replace 'user[A-Z]' with 'user_[a-z]' or in the case of userID 'user[A-Z]{2}' This is part of my problem user will not always be constant, I basically want to be able to change between two naming conventions.

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

On 8/11/05, Leon Vismer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I would like to convert from one naming convention within a sql statement to another. I have the following, code $str = insert into userComment (userID, userName, userSurname) values (0, 'Leon', 'Vismer'); $match = array(

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

Hi Robin Many thanks for this, how would one extend this to support the following: $str = insert into userComment (userID, userName, userSurname) values (0, 'Leon', 'mcDonald'); one does not want $str = insert into user_comment (user_id, user_name, user_surname) values (0, 'Leon',

[PHP] Regular expression question

So I'm trying to implement a simple wiki-like syntax for hyperlinking. Basically I want to match stuff like [this], where the word 'this' gets turned into a hyperlink. I have that working, but I want to be able to escape the opening bracket, so that it's possible to do \[that] without having

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:59:05AM -0700, Dan Phiffer wrote: So I'm trying to implement a simple wiki-like syntax for hyperlinking. Basically I want to match stuff like [this], where the word 'this' gets turned into a hyperlink. I have that working, but I want to be able to escape the

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

Rob Ellis wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:59:05AM -0700, Dan Phiffer wrote: So I'm trying to implement a simple wiki-like syntax for hyperlinking. Basically I want to match stuff like [this], where the word 'this' gets turned into a hyperlink. I have that working, but I want to be able to

[PHP] Regular expression question

So I want to grab the attributes out of an HTML element. The following works, except in the case that the attribute's value includes the character : if (preg_match_all(/tag([^]*)/i, $subject, $matches)) print_r($matches); A $subject of tag attr=\value\ gives: Array ( [0] = Array

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

] Regular expression question So I want to grab the attributes out of an HTML element. The following works, except in the case that the attribute's value includes the character : if (preg_match_all(/tag([^]*)/i, $subject, $matches)) print_r($matches); A $subject of tag attr=\value\ gives

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: [PHP] Regular expression question So I want to grab the attributes out of an HTML element. The following works, except in the case that the attribute's value includes the character : if (preg_match_all(/tag([^]*)/i, $subject, $matches

[PHP] regular expression question

I've got a regexp: (EV[0-9]{2})!([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})!(GR[0-9]{2}).txt My question is, will it match this: EV01!2002-11-09!VR01!GR01.txt And anything formatted like this: (EV02, and so forth). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] regular expression question

It might, you should test it to find out. John Meyer wrote: I've got a regexp: (EV[0-9]{2})!([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})!(GR[0-9]{2}).txt My question is, will it match this: EV01!2002-11-09!VR01!GR01.txt And anything formatted like this: (EV02, and so forth). -- PHP General Mailing

[PHP] Regular expression question

Is there a regular expression that will remove 1, L, I, O, 0 and the lowercase equivilants from a varialbe? I am not horribly well versed in regular expressions...so I'm basically asking someone to help :) Say I have a string like this jeD1GLal I want to remove any of the chracters that be

[PHP] Regular expression question

Hello, I have a little question regarding regular expressions... I want to check for the pattern $num:: But, $num may not be started with another number (assume the number will be 51 , 1 will also match (the pattern 1:: is available in 51::) ... Currently, my regular expression is:

Re: [PHP] Regular expression question

? see what i mean? - Original Message - From: Leon Mergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: [PHP] Regular expression question Hello, I have a little question regarding regular expressions... I want to check for the pattern $num

[PHP] Regular Expression Question

I want to replace a string like this 1B335-2G with this B335. So for all the strings I want to remove the first character and the last three characters. I'm not sure which replace function to use or how to go about it. Thanks. Jeff Oien -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question

Subject: [PHP] Regular Expression Question I want to replace a string like this 1B335-2G with this B335. So for all the strings I want to remove the first character and the last three characters. I'm not sure which replace function to use or how to go about it. Thanks. Jeff Oien -- PHP General

RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question correction

$newstring = substr($string,1,4); FOUR, not FIVE. Doh. -Original Message- From: Seb Frost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 July 2001 22:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Subject: RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question since you know exactly which 4 characters you want to keep you can

RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question

that. No need for complicated regular expressions either way. - seb -Original Message- From: Jeff Oien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 July 2001 21:47 To: PHP Subject: [PHP] Regular Expression Question I want to replace a string like this 1B335-2G with this B335. So for all

RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question

I hope my later message clarifys what I mean. - seb -Original Message- From: Jeff Oien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 July 2001 22:05 To: PHP Subject: RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question Aren't the trims just for white space? Jeff Oien since you know exactly which 4

RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question

PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP Subject: RE: [PHP] Regular Expression Question I hope my later message clarifys what I mean. - seb -Original Message- From: Jeff Oien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 July 2001 22:05 To: PHP Subject: RE: [PHP

[PHP] Regular Expression Question

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to match a pattern, then delete the entire line containing the pattern. I.E. (if I was searching for pattern in a file containing pattern:info:info:info pattern2:info:info:info pattern3:info:info:info is there a way to delete the entire, and only the