Converting ereg tp preg_match

Question

I know nothing about php and I just purchased a template that uses a file 'sendmail.php'. I was getting the message that ereg is deprecated so I found that it would need to be updated to preg_match. This was an easy fix however, now it's complaining about 3 new errors in 3 different statements. Any help would be appreciated.

elseif ( preg_match( "[][{}()*+?.\\^$|]", $_REQUEST['name'] ) ) { } // unknown modifier "["

elseif ( !preg_match("^[_a-z0-9-]+(.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(.[a-z0-9-]+)*(.[a-z]{2,3})$", $_REQUEST['email']) ) {  } //no ending delimiter '^'

elseif ( preg_match( "[][{}()*+\\^$|]", $_REQUEST['message'] ) ) { }  // unknown modifier "["

You might want to consider telling us the errors if you expect any help. — Paul Dessert, Nov 15 '13 at 23:40
@relentless If you will look at the end of the line of code you will see the error message — Tim, Nov 15 '13 at 23:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 23:42

Normally (but not always) the only difference between ereg and preg patterns is that preg patterns need a delimiter. Try to add the / delimiter to the beginning and end, like:

"/[][{}()*+?.\\^$|]/"

"/^[_a-z0-9-]+(.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(.[a-z0-9-]+)*(.[a-z]{2,3})$/"

"/[][{}()*+\\^$|]/"

Converting ereg tp preg_match

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