[Resolved] eregi hell.... match [] in string..

[The_Chancer]

Using the following

<?php
$lines=file("c:\\\\progra~1\\\\bpftp server\\\\users.ini");
foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line)
{
	echo "Line #<b>{$line_num}</b> : " . htmlspecialchars($line) . "<br />\n";
}
for ($i=0;$i<=count($lines);$i++)
{
	if (eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9[.[.][.].]]{1,}$",$lines[$i]))	
	{
		echo $lines[$i];
	}
	else
	{
		echo $result;
	}
}
?>

to try and match [xxxxx] on a line in the file - I thought I had it as far as I could see... looks like I was mistaken....

anyone have any suggestions for the eregi ??

[The_Chancer]

<?php
$lines=file("c:\\progra~1\\bpftp server\\users.ini");
foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line)
{
	echo "Line #<b>{$line_num}</b> : " . htmlspecialchars($line) . "<br />\n";
}
for ($i=0;$i<count($lines);$i++)
{
	echo $lines[$i]." is ";
	if (ereg('^[a-zA-Z0-9[.[.][.].]]{1,}$',trim($lines[$i])))	
	{
		echo "OK<br />";
	}
	else
	{
		echo "balls<br />";
	}
}
?>

Now works...

Got there eventually...

[wilku]

Does it have to be eregi?
I've got it working for preg_match:

<?php
$test =array("[123]bla bla bla bla bla","bla bla bla bla bla[123?]","bla bla bla [test] bla bla","bla bla bla [1234] bla bla","bla bla bla [12345] bla bla");
foreach ($test as $t)
{
 echo $t;
 if (preg_match("|\[[A-Z0-9]{4}\]|i",$t)) echo " - match<br>";
 else echo " - no match<br>";
}
?>

Matching exactly 4 alphanumeric characters between [] case insensitive

EDIT: Ah - you've done it already...
Nevertheless - php tags are "eating" some important slashes at reg-ex. It should be "|[[A-Z0-9]{4}]|i"