[thelist] PHP: is_numeric... that's the question...

[tim]

Tris wrote:
 > return preg_match("/\d{1,8}/", is_numeric($usercode));
 > still doesn't work, I can enter a numeric string of 9 or more
 > characters and it's accepted? yet the {1,8} should stop at 8
 > characters right???


return preg_match( "/^\d{1,8}$/", $usercode );

The ^ and $ characters match the start and end of a string, thus the 
match will fail if there are any additional characters in your string.

Note I also used these in my earlier post to restrict the string to 2 
letters, 5 numbers, and nothing else.

Tim

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