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Re: Zip Codes ctype? Pregmatch?

From Curtis Dyer <dyer85@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: Zip Codes ctype? Pregmatch?
Date 2013-08-24 10:22 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> 
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Norman Peelman wrote:
>>>> On 08/20/2013 01:27 PM, Twayne wrote:
>>>>> I'm attempting to check for US and Canadian zip codes
>>>>> (postal codes). The US is easy; mostly just be sure it's
>>>>> five numerics and except "00000" and "99999". […]

<snip>

>> Replace this line with
>> 
>>     preg_match('/^(?![09]{5})\\d{5}(?:-?\\d{4})?$/',
>>     $possibleZip, 
>> 
>> (add the delimiter).
> 
> Which is still not correct, because '/[09]{5}/' matches "90909",
> which is thus designated not valid.  ISTM that alternation is
> required here: 
> 
>     preg_match('/^(?!0{5}|9{5})\\d{5}(?:-?\\d{4})?$/',
>     $possibleZip); 

Perhaps you might also keep invalid postal codes in an array to look 
up before utilizing the regular expression.

<snip>

-- 
Curtis Dyer
<?$x='<?$x=%c%s%c;printf($x,39,$x,39);?>';printf($x,39,$x,39);?>

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Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 13:27 -0400
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2013-08-20 11:59 -0600
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 15:01 -0400
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2013-08-20 13:08 -0500
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 15:03 -0400
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2013-08-20 14:36 -0500
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 20:17 -0400
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? RESOLVED Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 15:06 -0400
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? RESOLVED Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-20 19:53 -0400
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? RESOLVED Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-20 20:29 -0400
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? RESOLVED Moon Elf <moonelf@moonelfsystem.net> - 2013-12-16 10:02 +0000
          Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? RESOLVED Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2013-12-16 12:27 +0000
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-20 19:52 -0400
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-08-21 14:53 +0200
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-08-21 14:58 +0200
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-08-21 15:06 +0200
          Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Curtis Dyer <dyer85@gmail.com> - 2013-08-24 10:22 +0000
            Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-08-24 12:52 +0200
            Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2013-08-25 14:31 +0000
              Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-25 13:21 -0400
            Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-25 13:17 -0400
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-21 19:10 -0400
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? BootNic <bootnic.bounce@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 22:09 -0400
          Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-22 18:22 -0400
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2013-08-21 21:25 +1000
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-21 18:53 -0400
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-21 22:46 -0400
  Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? gordonb.qnlcm@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-08-31 01:17 -0500
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Fiver <numeralfive@gmail.com> - 2013-08-31 16:40 +0200
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-31 11:56 -0400
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Welsh Vanner <welshvanners@welsh-vanners.co.uk> - 2013-08-31 20:23 +0100
        Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-31 20:21 -0400
      Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2013-08-31 09:56 -0600
    Re: Zip Codes  ctype? Pregmatch? Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-31 20:07 -0400

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