"A "word" character is any letter or digit or the underscore character, that is, any character which can be part of a Perl "word". The definition of letters and digits is controlled by PCRE's character tables, and may vary if locale-specific matching is taking place. For example, in the "fr" (French) locale, some character codes greater than 128 are used for accented letters, and these are matched by \w." The above becomes ... _A _word_ character is any letter or digit or the underscore character_ that is_ any character which can be part of a Perl _word__ The definition of letters and digits is controlled by PCRE_s character tables_ and may vary if locale_specific matching is taking place_ For example_ in the _fr_ _French_ locale_ some character codes greater than 128 are used for accented letters_ and these are matched by _w__ -- ----- 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
