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Check for Apostrophes
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:45 pm
by Base
I have a registration system and I need for the form to check the username for apostrophes before it is submitted to the database.
What is the best way to do this?
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:48 pm
by feyd
do you want to allow apostraphes? if so use [php_man]addslashes[/php_man], or a similar function for the database like [php_man]mysql_quote[/php_man]
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:56 pm
by Base
No, I want to disallow them.
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:57 pm
by feyd
preg_match("/''/",$username);
or similar..
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:02 pm
by Base
Thanks feyd, that works great.
Code: Select all
if (preg_match("/''/",$u))
{
$u = FALSE;
$message .= '<p>Apostrophes are not allowed in your username!</p>';
}