On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 21:36, John Taylor-Johnston <John.Taylor-Johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am reading the manual: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php > > $mydata->restored = "0000-00-00"; <?php $o[] = '0942-23-23'; $o[] = '0000-00-00'; $o[] = '1238-00-00'; $o[] = '0001-23-45'; $o[] = '0000-11-22'; for($i=0;$i<count($o);$i++) { if(preg_match('/^[0]{4,}\-/U',$o[$i])) { echo "Offset #".$i." matches: ".$o[$i].PHP_EOL; } } ?> -- </Daniel P. Brown> daniel.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx || danbrown@xxxxxxx http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ Looking for hosting or dedicated servers? Ask me how we can fit your budget! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php