Topic: need help with preg_match

[jepler]

Hello,
I'm trying to match a pattern that starts with the letters "tn" but could have a variety of characters after. I tried the following but it doesn't seem to work:

if (preg_match("^tn%",$myword)) { do something...

[Tyche]

You need to put your Regex Pattern in delimiters,  try

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if (preg_match("/^tn%/",$myword)) { do something...

Or use strpos  - it's a bit more efficient in this case

e.g.

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if (strpos($myword,"tn")===0) { do something...


[mjdamato]

Remove the % sign as well:

if (preg_match("/^tn/", $myword))

[jepler]

excellent! thanks!!