[thelist] Quick and dirty Reg Ex question

[Iain]

Matt Warden wrote:
> If the RegEx is in a double-quoted string, I believe you'll have to
> quote your \ character.
> 
> preg_match("^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,})*$",
> ...);
> 
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Thanks Matt,

It was single-quoted, but I think I was actually being colossally stupid and inconsistent with my testing. Works perfectly now. :)

Thanks again,

Iain