RE: [PHP] newbie: regular expression suggestios

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RE: [PHP] newbie: regular expression suggestios

HP] newbie: regular expression suggestios Hi, I am using (getting to grips with) regular expressions for validating form data and have come across a little problem: I have a statement like the following: if (eregi("^[a-z0-9]{strlen($name)}$, $name)) { blah... return true;

[PHP] newbie: regular expression suggestios

Hi, I am using (getting to grips with) regular expressions for validating form data and have come across a little problem: I have a statement like the following: if (eregi("^[a-z0-9]{strlen($name)}$, $name)) { blah... return true; } , but the strlen($name) does not see