php pattern problem for xxxxxx-xx-xxxx using all digits

Originally Posted by Fareast Adam

hi all... anybody here know how to set a php pattern for xxxxxx-xx-xxxx using all digits? here is my code, is there any mistake?
$pattic="/(\d{6})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/";

Originally Posted by xwero

have you tried "/^([0-9]{6})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})$/" ?

It should be the same with \d but sometimes the php functions don't interpret the escaped characters.

Originally Posted by Fareast Adam

Other sample, firstly i want to capture all the text from the textfield then insert into db. Before inserting into db, i have to convert all text that have been captured before into standard english grammer (first letter must be start with big caps).. How can i do that? Any idea?

Originally Posted by xwero

I think you better use css for this sort of thing. text-transform :capitalize will do the trick but if you insist on doing it the php way

[PHP]preg_replace('/ ([a-z]{1})/', strtoupper('$1'),$string); [/PHP]

I haven't tested it but the though behind it is fairly simple : every first little letter after a space has to transform to a capital letter.

Originally Posted by xwero

[PHP]

if(isset($_REQUEST['Submit']))
{
$text = $_POST['name'];
// for the first letter
$string = preg_replace('/^([a-z]{1})/', strtoupper('$1'),$text);
// for all following words
$string = preg_replace('/ ([a-z]{1})/', strtoupper('$1'),$text);
echo $string;
}
[/PHP]

Which output do you get now?