Is this regex correct?

[spence_noodle]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to get 'preg_match' to find/match 'e.g. - London, UK'. I have '/e\.g\.\s\-\sLondon,\sUK/', is this the correct format?

I have even tried 'e\.g\.' in the the hope it will just find 'e.g.' but with no results.

spence

[AnthonySterling]

That's VERY specific, and technically, you're not looking for a pattern. So personally, I'd just go with strpos and the like to test for its existence.

[Jake Arkinstall]

Got to agree with Anthony on this.

However, if (and only if) this IS part of an actual pattern match, I don't think you'd need to escape the dash.

[spence_noodle]

Yea it is I must admit, but it is from a location field where the user could place 'Essex'. What I'm thinking now is using preg_match but change the 'e.g.' to just 'eg', then hopfully that will do, if not then the word 'example' will be used instead.