[SOLVED] Combining to statements with OR

[acctman]

can someone assist me with combining the two statements, i tried using or || but i'm receiving an error unexpected T_BOOLEAN_OR

ex: (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$/', $u)) || (strlen($u) < 3)

 

elseif (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$/', $u))  {
		echo "<font color=\"red\">Sorry, invalid characters in username.</font>";
}

 

if (strlen($u) < 3) {
echo "<font color=\"red\">Username is too short.</font>";
}

[acctman]

i figured it out

 

elseif (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$/', $u) || (strlen($u) < 3)) {