Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '-' found in

[oldwizard]

Hi guys

i keep geting this warning on my site:

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '-' found in /home/content/96/10289996/html/libraries/Trash.php on line 501

 

and this is what is on line 501:

 

 if( preg_match( '-', $p ) ){

    $aExp   = explode( '-', $p );

 

can someone help me please.

 

Carlos

[Jessica]

You should probably just use strpos. Make sure to check if its !== FALSE.

[AyKay47]

To directly answer your question, patterns need to be wrapped in delimiters (e.g /$pattern/, ~$pattern~).

But as Jessica said, strpos() will be a faster/more efficient solution for a character search in a string.

[oldwizard]

Well, if i say that is chinese to me would you believe it?

I know very little about php coding, can you please give me an example on how to wright the code?

Thanks for the quick response guys.

Carlos

[AyKay47]

 

if(strpos($p, "-") !== FALSE)
{
  //execute true block
}
else
{
  //handle error
}

[Christian F.]

The PHP manual contains lots of examples for all of the functions, especially the core functions like strpos. That's why we tend to recommend people to check it, if they are uncertain about how to use a function in PHP.

You'll find everything you need in it, not just examples, btw, but also definitions and user comments.