how can i verify the validity with the php pregmatch function. The string starts with a year, then a dash, followed by between 1-3 numbers, another dash,then betweek 1-5 letters, another dash, thenmore letters between 1-10, another dash and finally between 1-3 letters for example:
2007-03-DPE-MSK-001thanks
how can i verify the validity with the php pregmatch function. The string starts with a year, then a dash, followed by between 1-3 numbers, another dash,then betweek 1-5 letters, another dash, thenmore letters between 1-10, another dash and finally between 1-3 letters for example:
2007-03-DPE-MSK-001thanks
preg_match() uses a regular expression (pattern) to find matches within a string. It uses the Perl compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE).
You can find good information on Regular Expressions (Regex) here:
http://www.regular-expressions.info/
It's quite simple to learn once you get the basic idea behind it, and is a huge part of programming - a very powerful tool.
A regular expression that would match 4 digits is:
/^[0-9]{4}$/Matching 3 uppercase alpha-characters only is:
/^[A-Z]{3}/The '-' needs to be escaped, as it has special meaning. The escape character is '\'. It makes the next character meaningless.. (a literal).
So if you wanted to match "MSK-001" you'd use the regex expression:
"/^[A-Z]{3}\-[0-9]{3}$/"Hope that helps you solve the problem.
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