eregi() REG_BADBR error???

[hadoob024]

I can't figure out what this is for the life of me.  Here's the error I'm getting:

 

Error Message: eregi() [<a href='function.eregi'>function.eregi</a>]: REG_BADBR

Error Code: 2

 

 

 

This error corresponds to the following area of code:

 

if (!eregi('^[a-zA-Z[:blank:].`\'\-]{1,30}$', $city))

{

$problem = 5;

$problemtext .= "<B>City (or Country if international) name can only be composed of the letters A through Z, and the following symbols:  -, ', and `.</B><P>";

}

 

if (!eregi('^[[:blank:][:punct:][:alnum:][:space:]]{1,500}$', $listingdescription))

{

$problem = 5;

$problemtext .= "<B>Listing description can only contain letters, numbers, punctuation, tabs, and spaces.</B><P>";

}

 

 

 

Any thoughts?

[benjaminbeazy]

try removing the $

[hadoob024]

OK.  I kinda figured something out.  I think the error's in this part:

 

{1,500}

 

 

I think I can't test a value greater than 256.  Is there any workaround to this?

 

 

[btherl]

Try this:

 

if (!preg_match('|^[[:blank:][:punct:][:alnum:][:space:]]{1,500}$|', $listingdescription))

 

preg is faster than ereg too.. it's a win-win situation

 

Edit: There's no need to use eregi() rather than ereg() when you are not mentioning characters by name (or when you include both a-z and A-Z as in the first regex).  eregi('A-Z') and eregi('a-z') are identical, because eregi() ignores case.

[hadoob024]

Cool.  Thanks for the tip!