On 13 August 2010 08:47, win.a <win.acc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Its was picked from drupal source code and i don't know how does it works. > This is the code : > preg_match('/^\[?(?:[a-z0-9-:\]_]+\.?)+$/', $host); This has got nothing to do with php or php-db - your question is on regular expressions. Try consulting http://www.regular-expressions.info/ or get a good book on the topic like Mastering Regular Expresssions by Jeffrey Friedl. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 </hype> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php