[PHP] Re: PHP regular expression

Mike Mapsnac wrote: Hello I found this function online and want to understand how it works. I don't understand /^ and $/. I know that ^ beginning of the string but what is /^. Thanks function validEmail($email) { return

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP regular expression

I think he meant.. the carrot after the delimiter which means NOT.. like /[^a]/ means match anything thats not an 'a' Jason Justin Patrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mapsnac wrote: Hello I found this function online and want to understand how it works. I don't understand /^ and

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP regular expression

preg_match(/^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+[a-zA-Z0-9_-]$/,$email); The / characters are the regex delimiters. This is a throwback to the Perl language. Basically, the / show where the beginning and end of the regex is. You *MUST* have them. After the last