[SOLVED] regex :S

[jk11uk]

regex is new and very confusing to me so any help is much appreciated.....

 

 

i need to check if the first 4 values in a string equal ABCD. how do i do this? i think i have to use regex

 

 

 

for example,

$stringY = "abcdef";

$stingX="abcfgfgr";

 

////need to be able to output only $stringY

 

if(string starts with abcd)

{

echo string

}

 

 

 

thanks

 

[jk11uk]

Please need help asap on this

[jk11uk]

no worries. sorted. solution:

 

 

$test=ereg('value', $string_to_test);

 

if($test == true){whatever}else{whatever}