On 22 September 2015 11:15:49 BST, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:36 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 22 September 2015 07:33:14 BST, Karl DeSaulniers
><karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> Is this correct syntax?
>>>
>>> ...
>>> case preg_match("/^[-1|delete|hide|save]/", $MassOption) !== 1 :
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I am needing to test against -1 (negative 1) and the words delete,
>>> hide, and save.
>>> $MassOption should not equal those.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Karl DeSaulniers
>>> Design Drumm
>>> http://designdrumm.com
>>
>> No, in regular expressions, the [ ] are for matching individual
>characters, not strings. You could instead perform a standard match in
>() and just negate the result of preg_match() with a !.
>>
>
>Thank you Ashley for responding.
>I did finally come across the () however the ! eluded me.
>Wherein do I place the ! mark? Like so?
>
>preg_match("/^![-1|delete|hide|save]/", $MassOption) !== false
>
>or just?
>
>preg_match("/^![-1|delete|hide|save]/", $MassOption)
>
>TIA
>
>Best,
>
>Karl DeSaulniers
>Design Drumm
>http://designdrumm.com
>
>
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You wouldn't place it in your Regex, you use it to negate your call to preg_match:
!preg_match()
And get rid of the square brackets, they are for character matches, not string matches.
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