No ending delimiter '^' found

[gergy008]

Hey everyone! It's been a while ^^

 

So I've run into a regex problem, it was never my strong point tbh, however, I've come across an issue I can't seem to find a solution to

 

Basically I'm using the following regex to check if a password meets the requirements, which are:

• Contains a letter
• Contains a number
• Can use only A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9 and any of these in the password too:
  • !@#$%.

What's going on? Heres line 81, and the error I'm getting.

 

elseif(preg_match('^(?=.*\d+)(?=.*[A-z])[0-9A-z!@#$%]$', $pwds['pwd'])!=1)
	$problems['pwd']='Passwords must contain one letter and number. Also allowed: .!@#$%';

 

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found
Filename: controllers/daemon.php
Line Number: 81

 

Thanks!

Gergy.

[Christian F.]

You forgot the delimiters, which is what PHP is complaining about. The old ereg_* () family of functions didn't require the delimiters, which is the most common cause of this issue amongst people who're either used to working with them or looked at (too) old guides.

 

The easiest way to fix the problem, is to add a pair of slashes to the start and end of the regular expression. Check the examples for preg_match for more information.

[gergy008]

Dude you're a star, I completely forgot about those things, I need to back to lesson zero XD

 

thanks!