ereg problem

[gca07738]

if(ereg("^{---",$line[$i])):}
echo "yes";
endif;

how can i define ONLY "---" matched the pattern in the start of the line?

ex:

---(match)

------Also match :-(

[bubblenut]

You want to match strings which begin with three dashes (-) so long as the next character is anything but a dash?
preg_match('/^{---[-]/',$string,$matches);}
HTH
Bubble

[gca07738]

Originally posted by bubblenut
You want to match strings which begin with three dashes (-) so long as the next character is anything but a dash?
preg_match('/^{---[-]/',$string,$matches);}
HTH
Bubble

Thanks !

I select the string one line by one line from file and if the "---" at the end of the page(the final line) .there has no next character(except for new line or type something else).It's not the matter of concern but can I figure out that?