hekp with simple(?) ereg . .

[subwayman]

Anyone tell me why:

if (!ereg('-*([0-9]{1,4}).([0-9]{1,2})',$_POST[$fieldname])) {

	$errorsfound = true;
	$errorlist[$fieldname].='value should  be in form 0.00<BR>';
}	

does not trap 1234.56#

?

Thanks,

[NogDog]

Because "1234" matches the "([0-9]{1,4})", the "." matches the "any character" ".", and the "56" matches the "([0-9]{1,2})". If the trailing "#" is supposed to be an error, then you'll need to "anchor" the end of the regex with a "$" at the end. (If you want to anchor the beginning, then you'll need a "^" at the start of the regex.)

Also, if the "." is supposed to be a "." and not "any character", then you need to escape it with a backslash: ".".

[bradgrafelman]

And you should also switch to the [man]PCRE[/man] set of regexp functions ([man]preg_match/man being the replacement for ereg() in this situation).