Not a whole word

[gausie]

Now this seems like something that would be useful in regex, so theres no doubt I'm missing something here, but I want to match something that isn't the word "hiya", within a sentence, but you cant use

 

([^hiya])

 

because that doesnt letter h, i, y or a be used.

 

How do i tell it only the whole word should be not allowed?

 

Sam

[effigy]

<pre>
<?php
$tests = array(
	'Sentence with hiya.',
	'Sentence without.',
	'How about hi ya?',
	'Hiya, bob!',
	'',
);
foreach ($tests as $test) {
	echo $test, ' => ';
	echo preg_match('/^(??!hiya).)*\z/i', $test) ? 'Without' : 'With' ;
	echo '<br>';
}
?>
</pre>

[gausie]

Thanks for the reply!

 

It's not possible you can put that in terms of ereg(), or can i copy the regex straight over? It's just that, I am using a system that has already been built around using ereg in this specific place.

 

Thanks again

 

Gausie

[effigy]

This isn't possible in ereg. If you're only trying to find a string, you should be able to use the string functions.