Question

The only possible value this field can have is P followed by a 0,1,2,3,4 and 0,1,2,3,4

$option_print = $this->input->post('print');

if (!preg_match('^/p[0-4][0-4]/', $option_print)) 
{ redirect('#example'); } else { ... }

Example of VALID inputs:

• p00 -> valid
• p10 -> valid

Example of INVALID inputs:

• v00 -> invalid
• f10 -> invalid
• ffs -> invalid

So how should my regex be properly structured to filter for VALID inputs?

Answer 1

How about this:

!preg_match('/^p[0-4][0-4]$/', $option_print)

Or even this:

!preg_match('/^p[0-4]{2}$/', $option_print)