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TEST FOR 0 OR ID (length of 11) 14 Oct 2012 15:37 #4479

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OK,

I needed to to be able to validate a zero value (0) or a valid integer with a max length of 11 digits for a parent_id field in a nested table (like com_categories table) that I'm working on...

This is how:
^([0-9]{1,1}|[1-9]([0-9]{1,10}))$

How it works:
  • The outer parentheses '()' allow separate arguments
  • The pipe '|' denotes an OR statement
  • Square brackets denote acceptable characters
  • Curly braces '{val1, val2}' specify, upper (val2) and lower (val1) length
So, this regex basically says,
  1. IF the first character matches anything between 0 and 9 ([0-9]) and is only 1 digit long ({1,1}) OR (|)
  2. IF the first character matches anything between 1 and 9 ([1-9]) AND any subsequent characters are between 0 and 9 to a total length of 10 and a minimum of 1 then... RETURN TRUE
ELSE
  • RETURN FALSE
  • **N.B.We only check for a length of 10 as we are only checking everything after the first character in the second case. There are 11 in total - the maximum length of ID fields in the DB**

    Hope this Helps!!!

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    Re: TEST FOR 0 OR ID (length of 11) 22 Dec 2012 15:18 #6242

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    audibleid wrote:
    This is how:
    ^([0-9]{1,1}|[1-9]([0-9]{1,10}))$
    Shortens to by removing extra parentheses & {1,1}:
    ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]{1,10})$
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    Re: TEST FOR 0 OR ID (length of 11) 26 Dec 2012 09:24 #6274

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    ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]{1,10})$

    Yes, that would work, but it simplifies even more:
    ^(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,10})$
    or
    ^(0|[1-9]\d{,10})$
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