ereg() problem

[Anon]

Hi,
I'm tring to write a function to check if a user has entered 'bad words' in a text field, the function kind of works but I can't seem to get it to recognize both small and large case versions of the words.
I've checked all over but can't find doc's that help.
Here is the function

function bad_word ($intext) {
$check= ereg("[a-zA-Z]bad|worse|awful", $intext);

if ($check) {
echo"bad words!";
exit;
} else { echo "very good";
}
}

any help appreciated, thanks

Nick

[thelad]

is there no function to change all letters to either uppercase or lowercase in php.

if you dont want to change this, then make a copy of it into an array and then chanege the case and compare.

[Anon]

look at the eregi() command

ereg is case sensitif
eregi is not case sensitif

Hope this helps you out.

[Anon]

Thanks, I had thought of that but I know if I use the correct regexp then I can do it with less code!

Nick

[Anon]

Thanks I will try to check what you mean? but I know it can be done in an normal regexp, and that is what I would like to do.

Nick

[Anon]

I take it all back and bow to your greater wisdom!
Thanks very much indeed.

Nick