reg exp help

[Anon]

hey all

hoping someone can help with my reg exp

i want to allow only the following to be entered:

"Copyright xxxx. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology."

where xxxx is a year in the range 1900-2099

i have this but it doesnt work.

^{(Copyright)\s[1-2]{1,1}[09]{1,1}[0-9]{2,2}.\s(Royal} Melbourne Institute of Technology.)$

any help much appreciated.

[Anon]

change this:

^{(Copyright)\s[1-2]{1,1}[09]{1,1}[0-9]{2,2}.\s(Royal} Melbourne Institute of Technology.)$

to

^(Copyright)[ ](19|20)[0-9]{2}.[ ](Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.)$

hope it works!

-sridhar

[Anon]

For me worked this:
/^Copyright (19|20)(\d){2,2}. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.$/

Remember that when you have magic quotes turned on you need to escape "more", eg \. for .

Do you know sam's site?
http://www.samuelfullman.com/team/php/tools/regular_expression_tester_p.php