In this case, it seems like you're looking for a lot of different and
exclusive things at once. I would suggest not using a huge regex as
they can be hard to create, harder to read, and impossible to
maintain. That said, I do use regexes in some of my code, just not for
something this simple. ;-) I generally use Perl Compatible Regexes as
I understand them better. Try:
if(strlen($pass) < 6 || !preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $pass) ||
!preg_match('/[0-9]/', $pass)) {
//bad password
}
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:10:47 -0400, Aaron Todd <aaloki88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ive been trying a few things and finally I did get rid of the error. I
> changed the code to:
> if (!ereg('^(!?=.*[0-9]+.*)(!?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[0-9a-zA-Z]{6,}$', $pass)){
> Notice the ! before the two ?
>
> This got rid of the error, but it still isnt working the way I want it to.
> That line should validate the variable $pass, which should be greater than 6
> characters and contain at least one numbers and one letter. That line
> should be true if $pass does not equil 6 characters and contain at least one
> numbers and one letter.
>
> Can someone correct me on this. I am new to PHP so I am still trying to get
> the hang of it.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
> "Aaron Todd" <aaloki88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:20040719135401.23199.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am getting an REG_BADRPT error when I use ereg.
> >
> > The line of code that errors is:
> > if (!ereg('^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[0-9a-zA-Z]{8,}$', $pass)){
> >
> > I got this regex from regexlib.com and tried to impliment it, but no
> matter
> > what I do it always returns the error. I did a google search and the only
> > suggestion I found was to make sure that the variable contains data. So I
> > echoed the variable and it did have data in it. Does anyone know why I
> > might be getting this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Aaron
>
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