On Thu, January 4, 2007 6:30 pm, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-01-04 16:19:19 -0600: >> On Thu, January 4, 2007 2:28 am, Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-01-04 08:21:37 +0200: >> >> to grasp, so I use the English version. That may not be a problem >> >> for you, but it is for me. >> > >> > Your written English is very good. If you can understand what you >> > wrote and can read replies (in English) from the list, you should >> > have no problems understanding the manual. >> >> Well that's funny. >> >> As a native speaker, I often have trouble understanding the manual, >> especially the PCRE bits. >> >> I understand all the words, and all the sentences make perfect >> grammatical sense. >> >> But how they apply and what the implications are and WHEN they >> apply... > > A picture is worth of a thousand words. If you're confused, > experiment!
A good experimenting tool for Regex is "The Regex Coach" I can't recommend it highly enough. There's a couple places where it differs from PHP, and you have to escape stuff in PHP once you figure out what PCRE wants, but it's definitely a very good laboratory for PCRE. Sometimes, though, experimenting only leads to more and more frustration, as PCRE can seem quite random, rather than designed... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
