Re: Reg Ex

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On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 15:03 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote:
> Eric Butera schreef:
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Warren Windvogel
> > <wwindvogel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Eric Butera wrote:
> >>> Who says every file will have an extension?  Who says they're all .+3
> >>> chars?  When I first started php I tried that and it failed in a lot
> >>> of places.
> >> I've also run into that problem in the past. The way that I could work
> >> around all these issues was to document naming conventions for the files and
> >> validate these before using the regex to obtain the necessary information.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Warren
> >>
> > 
> > ...or you could just use pathinfo and be done with it.  I work for
> > clients.  Clients shouldn't have to read a faq to upload a file.
> 
> no. they generally believe that when they upload a CSV file in a field
> very clearly marked "upload your FLASH file here" things should just work :-)
> 
> > 
> 
> 
I had exactly the same problem with someone wondering why a PDF CV
wouldnt upload in a form marked CSV upload, she adamantly refused to
read it properly!


Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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