On Wednesday 28 August 2002 15:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all, > > i'm trying to create an script that cut's the text when a "." ( dot ) is > found in one of the last words.. > > i'm trying it with preg_match but it seems not to work. > > this is what i'm trying : > > if($i==15) { > if(preg_match("/./",$text2[15])) { > $text3 .= "($i $text2[15] )"; > break; > } > } > > could some one tell me what i'm doing wrong?
The period (.) has a special meaning within regexes, it matches any character. Read manual for full details. You need to escape special characters using a backslash ie: "/\./" -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* "We Americans, we're a simple people... but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities." -- Robin Williams, _Good Morning Vietnam_ */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php