Ok, it works!! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and answers. This group is a great resourse. Thanks again!!!!
...Brad "Brad Melendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Thanks James, > I tried a regular expression comparison first, but it was eluding me. I'm > new to PHP (trying to convert form ASP) and part of this is me trying to > convert my ASP/VBSCRIPT to PHP. ;-) I actually have a FOR loop evaluated > when the conditions of the IF statement are met, and I suspect that is > messing things up. Here's my entire code and I've used your expression > comparison instead but it still fails to find the "-" unless I split things > up and check either ONLY for the '-' at the beginning or the end, but not > both in the same line: > > function StringCheck($sString) > { > if (preg_match("/^-|-$/s", $sString)) > { > for ( $counter=0; $counter < strlen($sString); $counter++ ) > { > $nChar = ord(strtolower(substr($sString, $counter, 1))); > if (($nChar > 47 And $nChar < 58) or ($nChar > 96 And $nChar < 123) or > ($nChar == 45)) > { > $result = TRUE; > } > else > { > $result = FALSE; > break; > } > } > } > else > { > $result = FALSE; > } > return $result; > } //End Function StringCheck > > > Maybe you see something I don't. I can't get over the fact that if I check > for just the front, or the end, it works, but if I check for both the front > and end of the string in the same line with the OR, it fails. :-\ Thanks > in advance for any thing you might notice. > > ....Brad > > "Yz James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi Brad, > > > > This worked for me: > > > > <? > > > > if ((substr($sString, 0, (strlen($sString)-1) == "-")) || > (substr($sString, > > 0, 1) == "-")) { > > echo "you can't have a dash at the beginning or end of your string."; > > } > > > > ?> > > > > ...... but I'd tend to go for a regex as a solution to what you're after, > > which involves less code: > > > > <? > > > > if (preg_match("/^-|-$/s", $string)) { > > echo "You cannot have a \"-\" character at the beginning or end of your > > string."; > > } else { > > echo "Whatever...."; > > } > > > > ?> > > > > Just my thoughts... > > > > James > > > > "Brad Melendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hello, > > > Ok, this works: > > > > > > if (substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1)!="-")) { > > > print "You can't have a dash at the end of your string."; > > > } > > > > > > and this works: > > > if (substr($sString,0,1)!="-") { > > > print "You can't have a dash at the beginning of your string."; > > > } > > > > > > But, this doesn't work for any case: > > > if ((substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1)!="-")) or > > > (substr($sString,0,1)!="-")) { > > > print "you can't have a dash at the beginning or end of your string."; > > > } > > > > > > What could be wrong? I've used a logical OR operator in the middle of > an > > IF > > > statement like this before, but for some reason, this just isn't > working. > > > Anyone got any ideas? I suppose I can just evaluate this with two > > different > > > IF statements, but it seems like I shoud be able to do it in one and > > reduce > > > duplicate code. Thanks very much in advance. > > > > > > .....Brad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
