OH man, thats the ticket. I didnt even think about checking the
$_POST["email"] == "email" and then running the preg_match. I assumed that
it evaluate the end of the preg_match statement and see $_POST["email"]
I appreciate your time...
Sincerely,
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Daniel J. Rychlik'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:41 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_match array question
> foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value) {
>
> if (empty($value)) {
> error_message[] = "$key :: Missing Data<br/>";
> }
>
> // if email field, perform email validation
> if($_POST[$key] == 'email')
> if (!preg_match('/([a-z0-9\-\.\#\:[EMAIL PROTECTED])/i',
> $_POST[$key])) {
> error_message[] = $value . " is not a valid address.<br/>"; }
> }
>
> // etc..........
>
> }
>
> // check for error message
> if(!empty($error_message)){
> $c = count($error_message);
> for($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++){
> echo $error_message[$i];
> }
> } else {
> // no error found
> }
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel J. Rychlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:04 PM
> To: Ralph; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match array question
>
> perhaps I am misunderstanding... I have snipit of my foreach. I have a
> preg_match that checks for a valid email address. basically it just
> checks
> for an @ and a . When I place this in my loop all of the keys are
> evaluated, so hence the name key is evaluated and thrown error because
> of
> the check.
>
> To remedy this problem I took it out of the loop and it worked fine.
> Ultimately I would love to keep it in the loop and throw checks for
> certain
> fields, but syntaxtually it doesnt work for me. Any Suggestions ?
>
>
> foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value) { # Begin Foreach loop
>
>
> if (empty($value)) { # Begin If
> echo "$key :: Missing Data<br/>";
>
> if (!preg_match('/([a-z0-9\-\.\#\:[EMAIL PROTECTED])/i',
> $_POST["eaddy"]))
> {echo $_POST["eaddy"]," is not a valid address.<br/>"; }
> } # End if
>
> else { echo "$key, ->Ok<br/>";}
>
> } # End Foreach
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Daniel J. Rychlik'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 2:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_match array question
>
>
> > Not sure if I'm misunderstanding, but I know that foreach() will do
> > this.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel J. Rychlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 11:58 AM
> > To: Ralph; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match array question
> >
> > The problem is, that I have multiple fields and what I am trying to do
> > is
> > check each field to make sure I get the data that I need and not some
> > crap,
> > like letters in a number field or a <script> tag in a field. Things
> of
> > this
> > sort. The foreach loop wont work for me in this instance because Im
> > checking for proper input.
> >
> > I can write multiple elseif statements to check each field but alas,
> > this is
> > not optimal. I may go ahead and write this to get it done and then go
> > back
> > and put it to the write board....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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