--------------------------------------------------- | Date: 2003-02-17 00:24:06 | | Filename: ereg.php | | Author: detour@metalshell.com | | | | http://www.metalshell.com/ | --------------------------------------------------- <?php // ereg.php by detour@metalshell.com // // Example on using ereg, eregi, ereg_replace, and // eregi_replace(). // // http://www.metalshell.com/ // $str1 = "cat dog mouse"; $ipnum = array("127.0.0.1", "255.255.255.255", "204.28.82.290", "209.192.28.28.34"); // ereg() is case sensitive so CAT will not be found if( ereg("CAT", $str1) ) echo('CAT found.<br>'); else echo('CAT not found.<br>'); // eregi() is case insensitive so dog is found if( eregi("dog", $str1) ) echo('dog found.<br>'); else echo('dog not found.<br>'); // Replace 'mouse' with 'cat' if( $str1 = ereg_replace("mouse", "CAT", $str1) ) echo('mouse replaced with cat<br>'); else echo('mouse not found.<br>'); echo('$str1 now equals "' . $str1 . '"<br>'); // Case insensitive replace if( $str1 = eregi_replace("cat", "mouse", $str1) ) echo('cat and CAT replace with mouse<br>'); else echo('no match for cat<br>'); echo('$str1 now equals "' . $str1 . '"<br>'); // Cycle through the ip array and test each one foreach ($ipnum as $ipn) { if(valid_ip($ipn)) echo("$ipn is a valid ip.<br>"); else echo("$ipn is an invalid ip.<br>"); } // Takes an ip as an arg and tests to see if it is valid function valid_ip($ip) { if( ereg( "^([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3})$", $ip, $res ) ) { for($x = 1; $x < 5; $x++) if($res[$x] > 255) return FALSE; } else { return FALSE; } return TRUE; } ?>