regex , ereg() Problems???

I am having a problem verifying characters in a variable, I am trying
to create a conditional statement based on whether or not the first two
characters of a variable contain "E9". The variable will always be
either a 6 or a 7 digit, alpha-numeric string begining with "E". I have
tried the following ereg() statement and it picks up everything because
it begins with "E". I cannot seem to find any examples for matching
characters in a specific location within a string except for the
begining or the end. I am sure there is a simple solution. Any ideas??

(ereg("^[E9]", $enumber))

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