eregi problem (again) :(

[youradds]

Does anyone know why this regex always proves that $_description is over 100 charachters, even when it isn't? :-/

if(!eregi("[\w\d\s\.,]{,100}", $_description))

I only want words, digits, commands as full stops to be allowed in this variable.

Cheers in advance.

Andy

 

[BB101]

strlen? --BB

 

[skiflyer]

strlen won't validate that specifically will it?

I would suggest using the positive instead of the negative and maybe something like...

if (eregi("^[\w\s\d,.]{100,100}[\w\s\d,.]*&quot) {
is 100 or more acceptable characters
}

I'm sure I got something wrong in there, I'll check it tomorrow when I have a test machine... but the idea is

anchor it to the beginning... find at least 100 acceptable characters, then find any number of acceptable characters after that.

Your way, I'm not sure why you were having your problem, but... you could also have just 100 characters in the middle surrounded by garbage or some such.

-Rob

 

[danielhozac]

youradds,
[tt]{,100}[/tt] means that as long as the first 100 hundred characters (or less) are any of the characters specified. //Daniel