RE: [PHP] Re: elseifs and ereg

[John W. Holmes]

> Err, yeah, I just figured that out. So now I have this, but it always
> matches the first. I even tried setting $now = "2221"
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
>   Bryan
> 
>  
> $now = date("Hi", strtotime("now"));
> $out = "not set";

Hey...you've got that right now...kind of.
 
> if (ereg("[2200-2230]", $now))
> $out = "special";

Go back to the manual, please. Your ereg string is only matching (or
looking to match) one character. You are looking for a single character
in your string that is a 2 or 2 or 0 to 2 or 2 or 3 or 0. That'll match
"2221" every time...

Why are you using ereg when a less than / greater than will work faster
and easier?

---John Holmes...

> elseif (ereg("[0600-1159]", $now))
> $out = "morning";
> elseif (ereg("[1200-1659]", $now))
> $out = "afternoon";
> elseif (ereg("[1700-1959]", $now))
> $out = "evening";
> elseif (ereg("[2000-]", $now))
> $out = "night";
> elseif (ereg("[0001-0559]", $now))
> $out = "too late";
> else
> $out = "no matches";



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Re: [PHP] Re: elseifs and ereg

[Bryan Koschmann - GKT]

Err, yeah, I just figured that out. So now I have this, but it always
matches the first. I even tried setting $now = "2221"

Thanks for the help!

Bryan






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[PHP] Re: elseifs and ereg

[Nick Eby]

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
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> 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-]"))
> $out = "night";
> elseif ($now == ereg("[0001-0559]"))
> $out = "too late";
> else
> $out = "no matches";
>
> print(date("Hi", $now));
> print "\n$out\n";
>
>
> ?>
>
>



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