hello all I am foreach()ing through an array of ip addresses in a 'ban script' and have the following php code: foreach($ips as $ip) { preg_match("/$ip/", $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]); $ban = TRUE; } This is great, but if 127.0.0 were in the ban list (for example) it would still produce a ban as it partially matches. How can I alter the above so that only *exact* matches are banned? Much thanks! -- Nick W -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php