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This question already has answers here : How can I convert ereg expressions to preg in PHP? (4 answers) Closed 6 years ago . So, i was using eregi in my mail script, but as of lately, i get the error that the function is deprecated. So, what is the easiest way to replace the following bit of code: if (!eregi("^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$", trim($_POST['email'])))? Any help is appreciated :) if (!preg_match("/^[A-Z0-9.%-]+@[A-Z0-9.%-]+.[A-Z]{2,4}$/", trim($_POST['email']))) Using preg_match. Because ereg_* functions is deprecated in PHP >= 5.3 Also for email validation better used

This question already has an answer here: How can I convert ereg expressions to preg in PHP? 4 answers I am getting the following error when running on PHP 5.3.8 Deprecated: Function eregi_replace() is deprecated in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/admin/modifypoll.php on line 49 This is the line of code, can anyone help please $question = eregi_replace('</?[a-z][a-z0-9]*[^<>]*>', '', $question ); I am not sure what to change it to. Can anyone help please the entire ereg family of functions are deprecated in PHP and will at some point be removed from the language. The replacement is the preg family.

This question already has an answer here: How can I convert ereg expressions to preg in PHP? 4 answers I'm sorry to ask a question but I am useless when it comes to understanding regex code. In a php module that I didn't write is the following function function isURL($url = NULL) { if($url==NULL) return false; $protocol = '(http://|https://)'; $allowed = '([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9]+)?)'; $regex = "^". $protocol . // must include the protocol '(' . $allowed . '{1,63}\.)+'. // 1 or several sub domains with a max of 63 chars '[a-z]' . '{2,6}'; // followed by a TLD if(eregi($regex, $url)==true)