Problem with preg_match

[fartsniff]

hello all,
here is a preg_match routine that i am using. basically, $image is set in
some
code above, and it can be either st-1.gif or sb-1.gif (actually it randomly
picks
them from about 100 gifs).

then it processes them based off of which image type it selected, either the
st- 's or
the sb- 's.

problem is, the preg_match that i have seems to only see the 's' then
assumes that it
"matched". if i leave the code in the order you see below, any "s" gif
matches as "sb-",
if i rearrange the code so that the preg_match "st-" is first, then any "s"
gif file matches
as "st-".

if (preg_match('`^[sb-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) {
blah blah blah
}
elseif (preg_match('`^[st-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) {
blah blah blah
}

[Ian.H [dS]]

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Whilst lounging around on Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:44:34 -0800, "fartsniff"
<fa**@sniff.com> amazingly managed to produce the following with
their Etch-A-Sketch:

hello all,
here is a preg_match routine that i am using. basically, $image is
set in some
code above, and it can be either st-1.gif or sb-1.gif (actually it
randomly picks
them from about 100 gifs).

then it processes them based off of which image type it selected,
either the st- 's or
the sb- 's.

problem is, the preg_match that i have seems to only see the 's'
then assumes that it
"matched". if i leave the code in the order you see below, any "s"
gif matches as "sb-",
if i rearrange the code so that the preg_match "st-" is first, then
any "s" gif file matches
as "st-".

The regex is constructed wrongly =)


if (preg_match('`^[sb-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) { ^^^^^^
This allows an 's', 'b' and / or '-' char to be used once or more,
hence it detects the 's' and returns true.

blah blah blah
}
elseif (preg_match('`^[st-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) {
blah blah blah
}

Same as above for this regex match.

Try:
if (preg_match("#^sb-([0-9]+)\.(gif|jpg)$#", $image)) {
and likewise for your 'st-' requirement.

A program which might help you with RegEx patterns that comes highly
recommended:
The RegEx Coach
http://weitz.de/regex-coach/

HTH.

Regards,

Ian

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[fartsniff]

many thanks - your tip works great, the tool was a little difficult to
use but i found another one, regexdesigner.net.

and i forgot, all but one are in this format, st-1, bm-1, etc.
the other is like this gc-ch-1 and using that tool i came up
with this:

elseif (preg_match("#^gc-([a-z]+)-([0-9]+)\.(gif|jpg)$#", $image)) {

thanks for getting me started. it would a ton easier if the "color coding"
of dreamweaver mx "separated" the regex expressions ;)

"Ian.H [dS]" <ia*@WINDOZEdigiserv.net> wrote in message
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Whilst lounging around on Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:44:34 -0800, "fartsniff"
<fa**@sniff.com> amazingly managed to produce the following with
their Etch-A-Sketch:

hello all,
here is a preg_match routine that i am using. basically, $image is
set in some
code above, and it can be either st-1.gif or sb-1.gif (actually it
randomly picks
them from about 100 gifs).

then it processes them based off of which image type it selected,
either the st- 's or
the sb- 's.

problem is, the preg_match that i have seems to only see the 's'
then assumes that it
"matched". if i leave the code in the order you see below, any "s"
gif matches as "sb-",
if i rearrange the code so that the preg_match "st-" is first, then
any "s" gif file matches
as "st-".

The regex is constructed wrongly =)

if (preg_match('`^[sb-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) {

^^^^^^
This allows an 's', 'b' and / or '-' char to be used once or more,
hence it detects the 's' and returns true.

blah blah blah
}
elseif (preg_match('`^[st-]+.*(gif|jpg)$`',$image)) {
blah blah blah
}

Same as above for this regex match.

Try:
if (preg_match("#^sb-([0-9]+)\.(gif|jpg)$#", $image)) {
and likewise for your 'st-' requirement.

A program which might help you with RegEx patterns that comes highly
recommended:
The RegEx Coach
http://weitz.de/regex-coach/

HTH.

Regards,

Ian

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