eregi

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Hi, (new to group and a php novice)

I'm editing some files using exapmles for reference.

(1) // if (!eregi("admin.php", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) { die ("Access
Denied"); }
(2) if ( !defined('ADMIN_FILE') ){ die("Access Denied"); }

Why is (1) always TRUE?
Why does (2) do what (1) doesn't?
Should all instances of (1) be replaced with (2)?

Thanks for any advice.
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[Schraalhans Keukenmeester]

Re: eregi

At Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:58:13 +0100, fade2gray let h(is|er) monkeys type:

Hi, (new to group and a php novice)
>
I'm editing some files using exapmles for reference.
>

(1) // if (!eregi("admin.php", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) { die ("Access
Denied"); }
(2) if ( !defined('ADMIN_FILE') ){ die("Access Denied"); }

>
Why is (1) always TRUE?
Why does (2) do what (1) doesn't?
Should all instances of (1) be replaced with (2)?
>
Thanks for any advice.

Is (1) TRUE or eregi("admin.ph p", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) ???
Don't use ereg and eregi. Deprecated in 5, will be removed in 6. If you
need regex, use the preg_match() family.
What's in $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']?
Personally I wouldn't use regex functions when regular string functions
can do the job. Much faster.

@ (2): entirely different test, unrelated to (1).

Which one's the better option depends entirely on what your program looks
like.

Sh.

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