RE: the match() function

> I get a fatal error when I try to execute the match() 
> function in the form
> 
> matches($first, $second, 'i').
>  
> Is there a way to allow a variable to be passed in the second 
> argument of matches() ?

As others have said, there's no problem passing a variable so long as it
contains a valid regular expression.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/