On 08/08/06, Dave M G <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
PHP,
Shouldn't this regular expression select everything from the start of
the string to the first space character:
$firstWord = preg_match('#^*(.*) #iU', $word);
It doesn't, so clearly I'm wrong, but here's why I thought it would:
. stands for any single character, not *. Also, # is the delimiter, but
you can use a variety of deliimters. The following should work:
^[\w\d]+\s{1}
^ start of line
[\w\d]+ range of any digits or letters, one or more
(\s{1}) exactly one whitespace character
hope this helps!
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