Simple task for you REGEXers out there

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I suck at Regex. Can someone tell me the PHP regex check to see if a string is 12345-6789 .... meaning, five digits, a dash, and then four digits? I'm sure it's quite simple for a Regex pro.

 

Thank you.

[requinix]

You're right, it is quite simple. So what have you tried and what was the problem you had with it? I bet what you came up with was really close.

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preg_match( '/\d{5}-\d{4}/', $input )

 

My issue was that the - in my original syntax was somehow a ndash... so it was the wrong character. Whoa. Sorry I created this thread.

[requinix]

Note that what you have will check if there's that 5-4 somewhere inside $input. As in it will quite happily match with

$input = "a bunch of stuff then 12345-6789 and then more stuff";

If you want to make sure $input has only that 5-4 then you need ^ and $ anchors to mark the beginning and end of the string.

'/^\d{5}-\d{4}$/'

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Right.