diff --git a/booking.confirm.inc b/booking.confirm.inc
index 5b3cb3a..280e634 100644
--- a/booking.confirm.inc
+++ b/booking.confirm.inc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function booking_confirm_page() {
 					array('!fee' => $person->booking_price));
 					
 		//watchdog('booking', 'Partner name "@info"', array ('@info' => var_export($person->booking_partner_name, TRUE)));		
-		if (('/^(\w*?)\s+(\w*)/', $person->booking_partner_name, $matches))
+		if (preg_match('/^(\w*?)\s+(\w*)/', $person->booking_partner_name, $matches))
 		{
 			watchdog('booking', 'Spouse checking. Firstname: "!first", surname "!last"', 
 				array ('!first' => $matches[1], '!last' => $matches[2]));		
diff --git a/booking.prices.inc b/booking.prices.inc
index 7c368bd..1c06293 100644
--- a/booking.prices.inc
+++ b/booking.prices.inc
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function booking_price_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 	} else {
 		
 		//verify that booking_pid is a number
-		if (! ('/^[0-9]+$/', $values['booking_pid'])) {
+		if (! preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $values['booking_pid'])) {
 			drupal_set_message("Error: Invalid price ID supplied. Unable to update price entry.", 'error', FALSE);
 			return "";
 		}