> Would you recommend to use string functions instead? Actually, yes, of course. Regex should be the last resort, really. It's unreadable, presents security is

> Would you recommend to use string functions instead? Actually, yes, of course. Regex should be the last resort, really. It's unreadable, presents security issues depending on where it's used, and much of the time using string functions in a "proper" language will be actually easier unless you're a regex expert (which is a pretty silly thing to acquire expertise on).