PHP Version 3.0.12

Why does this match:
ereg("^[A-Za-z_]+[A-Za-z0-9_]* *=?.+$", $var)

But this does not:
ereg("^[A-Za-z_]+[A-Za-z0-9_]*\\s*=?.+$", $var)

The only difference is the "\\s" denoting a whitespace character.  I have 
tried 0-4 backslashes.  My PHP book says \s (with the extra backslash 
needed for the double-quote escaping) is supposed to work.  What the heck 
is up with my PHPs impoverished regexes?


Kevin Haidl
Los Angeles, CA
kevinh(at)actofmind.com

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