Quick Question

zybot5785 · 04-10-2007, 09:26 AM

I'm writing a script in php and using server side code. I'm using the egrep command, so far I have egrep -i so it wont be case sensitive. My problem is that my users will more than likely be entering - and : in their searches and it will turn up with nothing. I need to exclude all characters from searches except the letters G-P and the numbers 0-9, the maximum I want them to be able to search for is 6 characers any idea how to do this with the egrep command and only come up with one result?

zybot5785 · 04-10-2007, 10:11 AM

I'm guessing I'll have to use the oct or sed command's to filter it first, then the egrep / grep command.

Not really sure what the command should be though.

zybot5785 · 04-10-2007, 11:28 AM

Alright, I was able to get it to do what I wanted w/ a script.

grep $(echo "ab-c:de:f" | sed -e "s/[^0-9a-zA-Z]//g") filename.txt

now, if anyone knows how to make php do this, I'd appreciate it