Try this:
$
ereg("^([0-9]{2})[0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}).*", $var, $hits)
if ($hits[1] == themonth && $hits[2] == theyear) {
do_the_stuff
}
What it does is that it puts the first two digitst into $hits[1], skips
the two nextcoming digits and finally puts the next two numbers into $hits[2]
/Fredrik
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John Vanderbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev 2001-03-12, kl. 02:40:25
angående ämnet [PHP] RegExp help..:
> I really wish I could figure these darn things out :) I have a task I
need
> to do, and i'm certain I could do this easily with a regexp..
> I have a file name in the format MMDDYY-*.txt...I need to parse it to
> determine if the month and year matches a specified month and year. Day
is
> irrelevant
> Can any of your regexp wizards help me?
> Thanks!
> - John Vanderbeck
> - Admin, GameDesign
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