php eregi deprecated code confusion on the syntax

Question

I am new to php, how do i change eregi from preg_match using this script:

if(!eregi("^select",$sql))
    {
        echo "wrongquery<br>$sql<p>";
        echo "<H2>Wrong function silly!</H2>\n";
        return false;
    }

is it like this: if(!eregi("/^select/i",$sql))

thank you

possible duplicate of [How can I convert ereg expressions to preg in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6270004/how-can-i-convert-ereg-expressions-to-preg-in-php) — mario, Jul 18 '13 at 01:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '13 at 01:11

2

Use this:

if (!preg_match ("/^select/i", $sql))
{
    // do something...
}

answered Jul 18 '13 at 01:11

Michal

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You mean `"/^select/i"`? – hjpotter92 Jul 18 '13 at 01:12

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '13 at 01:19

don't use regex for simple search of string, you can use one of the following:

$query = "select * from";
$keyword = "select";
if(strpos($query, "select") === 0){
 echo "found";
}
if(substr($query, 0, strlen("select")) === "select"){
 echo "found";
}

php eregi deprecated code confusion on the syntax

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