[PHP] PHP regular expression

2004-03-11 Thread Mike Mapsnac
Hello I found this function online and want to understand how it works. I don't understand "/^" and "$/". I know that "^" beginning of the string but what is "/^". Thanks function validEmail($email) { return preg_match("/^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+[a-

Re: [PHP] PHP regular expression

2002-03-12 Thread S.Murali Krishna
Here is it $html = preg_replace('/"?Email:\s+\w.*\.[\w.]*"?/',"",$html); I tested it and its working. On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Rodrigo Peres wrote: > Hi list, > > I have a huge text file with many text on it. I'd like to know if someone > can help in construct a regular expression to delete ever

[PHP] PHP regular expression

2002-03-12 Thread Rodrigo Peres
Hi list, I have a huge text file with many text on it. I'd like to know if someone can help in construct a regular expression to delete everything that not have this pattern "Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]". The part "Email: " is fixed and the email adress changes. I've tried many time to make the repl