Shoutbox

1) How do you write/insert a bold text into an Excel file using PHP?
Do I need to use some Excel formula?

2) What is the regex for "abcde_1234567890.txt" if I'm to use preg_match()?
"abcde_" and ".txt" is fixed; the numbers vary but is always be 10 digits.
Is it $var = "/^abcde_[0-9][10].txt/"; ?
I think this is supposed to be easy, but I'm stupid

This works for me...

/^abcde_([0-9]{10})\.txt$/

As for question 1, umm... no idea.

Why do I need a $ there?
Is it like a ^ but placed at the end of the regex?

And yeah, it's supposed to {10}
* Weyzza blames some random online tutorial for using dodgy font.

* Weyzza waits for someone to answer the first question.

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Originally posted by thekid
Why do I need a $ there?
Is it like a ^ but placed at the end of the regex?

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Yeah, exactly. You don't need it, but without it, you could match abcde_1234567890.txt.bak or something...

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Originally posted by thekid
* thekid waits for someone to answer the first question.

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well it depends on how your making this excel file, are you on windows using the excel com object or are you trying to make it the non com way using some crazy php class?

.g com object

Definitely not

I just use a simple method in writing the excel file i.e. using \t for separating cells. Nothing special. Didn't even create a class

So I guess I'm trying to make it "the non com way"