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herre.mann
herre.mann

Reputation: 91

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash

I get this error on my site and i dont know why:

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash

The error is in this function: 

if (isset($_REQUEST['page']) AND preg_match("\.\.", $_REQUEST['page'])) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();

}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5555

Answers (2)

Richard Parnaby-King
Richard Parnaby-King

Reputation: 14882

PHP has an interesting requirement when supplying a pattern for a regex operation (such as preg_match), that the pattern needs to have a character delimiter at the start and end of the string. This can be any character, but should not be used in the pattern. For example, you may use the hash symbol as your delimiter:

if (isset($_REQUEST['page']) AND preg_match("#\.\.#", $_REQUEST['page'])) {

Upvotes: 0

Bart Friederichs
Bart Friederichs

Reputation: 33531

You have to enclose the regular expression in delimiters:

if (isset($_REQUEST['page']) AND preg_match("/\.\./", $_REQUEST['page'])) {
     Header("Location: index.php");
     die();
}

Upvotes: 3

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