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I have an If-else statement which checks a string to see whether there is an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 (book ID).
The problem I am facing is with the ISBN-10 check which occurs before the ISBN-13 check, the ISBN-10 check will match anything with 10 characters or more and so may mistake an ISBN-13 for an ISBN-10.
here is the code...
$str = "ISBN:9780113411436";
if(preg_match("/\d{9}(?:\d|X)/", $str, $matches)){
echo "ISBN-10 FOUND\n";
//isbn returned will be 9780113411
return 0;
}
else if(preg_match("/\d{12}(?:\d|X)/", $str, $matches)){
echo "ISBN-13 FOUND\n";
//isbn returned will be 9780113411436
return 1;
}
How do I make sure I avoid this problem?