regular expression quicky

[stew]

preg_match("/^([0-9]+|MAX)$/",$volume);

hey there,

the above regular expression is supposed to match any positive number or the string "MAX", however it fails when $volume = "MAX";

any ideas?

[bpat1434]

Try \bMAX\b
Word Boundaries

And possibly yoru expression should be
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