I don't know, but http://php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php says "Note: preg_match(), which uses a Perl-compatible regular expression syntax, is often a faster alternative to ereg()." On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 01:58:50PM -0500, Manolet Gmail wrote: > anyway, PCRE is better that ereg? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php