help with if and ereg

[Chrysanthus]

I must say that im very 😕 now im not so good at php but im learning a bit after a bit so one steaps at the time

Should it look some thing like this!! i

<?php

if(!ereg("^[0-9]", $_POST['personnr']))

///should be only numbers and not only less or more then 10 numbers if not then it should print en error

how is the code! for a error display is it this you ment

if so please give an exampel.
?>

<form action="insert2.php" method="POST">
<B>Förnamn/Firstname:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>___</FONT><input type="text" name="fornamn" /><FONT COLOR='#50538D'></FONT>Kön/Gender:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>_____</FONT><input type="text" name="kon" />
<BR>
Efternamn/Lastname:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>´^{</FONT><input} type="text" name="efternamn" />
<BR>
Personnummer/Birthdate:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>#'</FONT><input type="text" name="personnr" />
<BR>
<BR>
Postadress/Address:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>_´^{</FONT><input} type="text" name="adress" />
<BR>
E-post/E-mail:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>____'</FONT> <input type="text" name="epost" />
<BR>
<BR>
Smeknamn/Nickname:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>^{</FONT><input} type="text" name="smeknamn" /><FONT COLOR='#50538D'></FONT>Lösenord/Password:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>''</FONT><input type="text" name="losenord" />
<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>_____________________________________</FONT>Verifiera lösenord/
<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>____________________________________</FONT>Verify password:<FONT COLOR='#50538D'>__^{'</FONT><input} type="text" name="losenord1" />
<BR>
<BR>


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[John_Canyon]

You could try something like this.

if(!is_numeric($string) && strlen($string) > 10)
{
        echo  "error";
} 

That should work for what you are trying to accomplish.

[Chrysanthus]

thanks it works!