Why Does Preg_match() Not Always Work?

[vbsouthern]

This code works if the user only enters 1 domain name. If the user enters many domain names then it stops working.

$pattern = '/[.]+(biz|com|edu|gov|info|net|org|tw|uk|us)$/ix';if (preg_match($pattern, "$message")) {  $validate = "Error";  $usermssg = "Domain names are not allowed in message.";}

Can anyone tell my why this does not work for multiple entries and what should I change to make it work for both?

[Synook]

Because the $ sign at the end of the regex means "the end of the string must be here" - i.e. it won't match if there is anything after it.

[justsomeguy]

Just to point out, that regex isn't going to match a domain name, it's going to match any set of characters that ends in "biz", "com", "edu", "info", etc. That will match the string "I'm looking for info", which obviously isn't a domain name. It will not match the string "http://goatse.cx/", however, which it probably should.