In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:53:28 +0000 (GMT) "Torrens (lists)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How come, if the domain name is illegal, it has been accepted for > > registration? I did a whois on it. > Because registrars are lax. Hostname segments should not begin with > digits, and this makes it difficult to tell the difference between IP > addresses and names. Is it? http://3663.co.uk/ makes perfect sense. There is something here in email address validation which may be of relevance: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=712630 "The new syntax expands the set of names to allow leading digits, so long as the resulting representations do not conflict with IP addresses in decimal octet form." > > they sure as hell do need someone to do things properly! Both are > > microsoft server based. > That's not actually telling of the competence of the designer. The > problem itself is actually in a PHP script. It appears whoever wrote > it does not know how to use it correctly, Okay. > which is sadly true of most > people who choose to use PHP Oh dear! Not a PHP fan? I have implemented quite a bit of PHP: you must tell me what I am doing wrong: what is the right way? There's me thinking Larry Ullman's book would show me the right way: http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Wide-Visual-QuickStart-Guides/dp/0201727870/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1225297865&sr=11-1 My email address is genuine. Please do not reply to this post here. -- Tim Hill, www.timil.com
