Pls help a greenhorn with not case sensitive

I have this:
preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],
$matches);

And this seems to only work with queries containing 'ab' lower case, I need
it to allow for 'AB' as well.
I'd be greatful if someone could offer a solution to this.
TIA

frank <spamo@no.com> summoned the power of the electron to profess:
| I have this:
| preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],
| $matches);

| And this seems to only work with queries containing 'ab' lower case, I need
| it to allow for 'AB' as well.
| I'd be greatful if someone could offer a solution to this.
| TIA


It only works for lowercase 'ab' because that's all you asked for. If you
want upper and lower case versions of 'A' and 'B' you have to explicitly
ask for it:

#^[Aa][Bb][0-9]+ ...
This would match all versions of 'A' and 'B' together: 'ab', 'Ab', 'aB', 'AB'

#^[ab|AB][0-9]+ ...
This would match either 'ab' or 'AB'

.oO(frank)

>I have this:
>preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],
>$matches);
>
>And this seems to only work with queries containing 'ab' lower case, I need
>it to allow for 'AB' as well.
>I'd be greatful if someone could offer a solution to this.

Quite easy.

preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#i', ...
^
<http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php>

| i (PCRE_CASELESS)
|
| If this modifier is set, letters in the pattern match both upper and
| lower case letters.

Micha

Great thanks! This did the trick.
All I did was enter that 'i' after the '#' and whammo!!
much appreciated!


"Michael Fesser" <netizen@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:6j94m09jv67k7ddo7i2c0ene31daan1bot@4ax.com...
> .oO(frank)
>
>>I have this:
>>preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],
>>$matches);
>>
>>And this seems to only work with queries containing 'ab' lower case, I
>>need
>>it to allow for 'AB' as well.
>>I'd be greatful if someone could offer a solution to this.
>
> Quite easy.
>
> preg_match('#^(ab[0-9]+)(?:/([0-9]+))*$#i', ...
> ^
> <http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php>
>
> | i (PCRE_CASELESS)
> |
> | If this modifier is set, letters in the pattern match both upper and
> | lower case letters.
>
> Micha