On 28 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I need a validation regex that will "pass" a string. The string can be no 
> longer than some maximum length, and it can contain any characters except 
> two consecutive ampersands (&) anywhere in the string.

This is an example of something that is easier to do (and probably 
faster) without using a regexp:

        if ((strlen($str) <= $maxlen) && (strstr($str, '&&') === FALSE))
                <str is valid>
        else
                <str is not valid>

--
Tom

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