Hey i'm a php n00b.

 

I have been teaching my self php for a couple of weeks and can do most ok just debugging it is problem cos i don't know what all the error mean. can someone help

 

this is what i have.

<?php

$echeck = $_POST['email'];

 

if (ereg("^([a-zA-Z0-9_-.]+)@(([[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9-]+.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(]?)$", $echeck)

line 8 -> {

echo "<br>Please enter a valid e-mail address.";

}

?>

this is the error.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '{' in /home/public_html/file.php on line 8

'line 8 ->' is just to point not actually in code.

thanks

Very simple, you're missing a ')'.

 

if(ereg("^([a-zA-Z0-9_-.]+)@(([[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9-]+.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(]?)$", $echeck))
{
echo "<br>Please enter a valid e-mail address.";
}

 

Also, ereg returns true if the string matches. Therefore, if(ereg(your stuff)) on a valid-format email address returns true, so you're telling them, that if they enter a valid email, they're not.

Place a '!' infront of ereg

  ViperX said:

Very simple, you're missing a ')'.

 

if(ereg("^([a-zA-Z0-9_-.]+)@(([[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9-]+.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(]?)$", $echeck))
{
echo "<br>Please enter a valid e-mail address.";
}

 

Thanks i though i checked for that, must have missed the one at the start of the if statement.