[RESOLVED] eregi() REG_BADBR error???

hadoob024

I can't figure out what this is for the life of me. Here's the error I'm getting:

Error Message: eregi() [<a href='function.eregi'>function.eregi</a>]: REG_BADBR
Error Code: 2

This error corresponds to the following area of code:

if (!eregi('^{[a-zA-Z[:blank:].\'\-]{1,30}$', $city))

{

$problem = 5;

$problemtext .= "City (or Country if international) name can only be composed of the letters A through Z, and the following symbols: -, ', and.";}
}

if (!eregi('^{[[:blank:][:punct:][:alnum:][:space:]]{1,500}$',} $listingdescription))
{
$problem = 5;
$problemtext .= "Listing description can only contain letters, numbers, punctuation, tabs, and spaces.";
}

Any thoughts?

hadoob024

OK. I kinda figured something out. I think the error's in this part:

{1,500}

I think I can't test a value greater than 256. Is there any workaround to this?

bradgrafelman

Looks like the ereg functions can only handle unsigned 8-bit integers, e.g. 0-255, in the {} braces.

I'm not sure what the Perl-compatible equivalent [man]preg_match/man's limitation is, but I know it's larger than 500. Besides, I never use the ereg functions anymore since they are slower, less efficient, and less functional than the preg_ equivalent functions.

To convert your code, your if() statements might look like these:

if (!preg_match('/^[a-z[:blank:]\.`\'\-]{1,30}$/i', $city))
// ...
if (!preg_match('/^[[:blank:][:punct:][:alnum:][:space:]]{1,500}$/', $listingdescription))

Note that I didn't use the case-insensitive 'i' modifier in the second if() statement, since the "alnum" named character class already incluedes "a-zA-Z".

hadoob024

Sweet! That worked like a charm!