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Old regular expression function in PHP that is now DEPRECATED in favour of preg_match()

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How to convert this deprecated ereg() using pointer to preg_match()

Using php 5.3 - ereg() deprecated... I'm trying to convert this function (to preg_match), but I don't understand the "pointer"... function gethostbyaddr_new($ip) { $output = `host -W 1 $ip`; if (ereg('.*pointer ([A-Za-z0-9.-]+)\..*',…
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Validating date in PHP

Possible Duplicate: how to validate date with PHP Hi there, I have a script which checks the date passed to it in this format YYYY-MM-DD and validates it, however it seems to be invalidating users who are under 20 whereas I'd prefer it to be…
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Need help in rephraseing two lines of code because.eregi_replace is depricated

So I purchased a script package which is using eregi_replace and I do not know how to re-write the code to play with preg_replace() The error is: Deprecated: Function eregi_replace() is deprecated in…
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how to solve the ereg function deprecated error

I am working with SEO PHP scripts and I am just following Google SEO scripts. When I used the search terms I got an error like the following: Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in E:\wamp\www\subgoogle\nusoap.php on line 3876 Deprecated:…
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Can't make switch from ereg to preg_match work

I have read everything I could find on switching from ereg (deprecated) to preg_match. My attempts to solve it by adding delimiters and escape expressions (which may not be necessary) have been in vain. I started with: $file =…
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Migrating a site: ereg to pregmatch?

I'm in the process of migrating a horrible drupal site to a new server - a server with a newer version of PHP. Checking the site I get the following error: Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in…
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PHP upgrade from 4 to 5 requires changing ereg_replace() and ereg() with delimiters

When running former PHP 4 pages in PHP5 I get Deprectiated errors: I know there are some back slashes that go in there. (or is it forward slashes?) but the " +" item to replace throws me off. Function ereg_replace() is deprecated: $perms =…
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How to use ereg_replace to convert image link to display image

How can i use ereg to replace URL of images with tag. My images URL have two starts embraced like this **http://myimageslink/photo.jpg** i want to convert to I use ** embrace because when don't have…
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Check text area for URLs with preg_match

i found this code for checking a text area: if (strpos($textp, "http://") !== false || ereg("(www.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.([a-zA-Z0-9.]+)",$textp)){ $textp = ''; } else { because ereg is depreacted I would like to replacy by preg_match instead.…
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warning if(ereg error first then other error

Here is my original code listed below. if(ereg($pattern,strtolower($this->get_domain())) && !ereg("^-|-$",strtolower($this->get_domain())) && !preg_match("/--/",strtolower($this->get_domain()))){ This is the error Deprecated: Function ereg() is…
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block special characters with ereg

elseif (!ereg("^.+@.+\\..+$", $email)) { $msg="• Invalid email: that is not a valid e-mail address."; $email=""; } thats the part of the code im trying to edit it so they cant use ' and = in there email
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Deprecated: Function ereg() & ereg_replace()

i'm actually using a script i've used for years before and when i put it in my website, i got the error "Deprecated: Function ereg() & ereg_replace()". I'm actually unable to understand how to modify the ereg() things in preg() things. If someone is…
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ereg to preg_match conversion - getting barometer

I need some help converting an old ereg expression to preg_match. I'm wanting to pull the barometer (altimeter) out of a airport METAR. ereg('^(A|Q)([0-9]{4})',$part,$pieces) The above is the expression I need to convert to preg_match. I tried this…
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Convert to preg from ereg

I don't know how to convert from ereg to preg; could someone help me with this line? if (ereg("[/[/]",$keyword)) { ... }
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Need to switch from ereg() to preg_match()

I need to know what this line of code does, tried to figure it out because i have to build it with preg_match() but I didn't understand it completely: ereg("([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{4})", $date) I know it checks a date, but i don't know in…
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