"Peter Lind" <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AANLkTilQkZ8DNC0ZAcFv70tcTF2WQKGpZOJcCqtuWu8C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On 1 June 2010 17:33, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 16:31 +0100, Richard Quadling wrote: >> >>> $re1 = '/^[a-z]++$/i'; >>> $re2 = '/^[a-z ]++$/i'; >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> Richard Quadling >>> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >>> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html >>> EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp >>> Zend Certified Engineer : >>> http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >>> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling >>> >> >> >> Why the double ++ in the expressions there? Surely one + would match the >> 1 or more characters that you need and the second one would just be >> surplus? >> > > Equally important: why have three people already done this persons > homework. 5 minutes googling would have answered this ... > > > -- > <hype> > WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind > BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 > </hype> i made an regular expression now by myself. i need to check if string starts with 'get' and is followed only by letters a-z case insensitive. am i correct? '/^get[a-z]++$/i' Br Tanel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
