Maybe I'm off my rocker, but I don't see how this can't work. I'm trying to validate 
an ICQ number, and assuming a valid one is between 7 and 9 numbers. My line of code is 
this:

if(ereg("^[0-9]{7,9}$", $_REQUEST["icqnumber"])) {
    print("a-okay!");
} else {
    print("error msg");
}

I've submitted the ICQ # 2264532680, but it validates. Any ideas?

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