Re: [PHP] validating fields

[Simon Garner]

From: "W.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Actually I tried a variation of what you gave me before and it didnt work.
I
> couldnt get yours to validate thanks. heres what I used
> <?php
>     if (getenv("REQUEST_METHOD") == "POST")
>     {
>         if (
>             eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@+[a-z0-9\._-]+\.+[a-z]{2,3}$", $Email)
>             && eregi("^[a-z0-9]$", $FirstName)
>             && eregi("^[a-z0-9]$", $LastName)
>         )
>         {
>             echo "thanks";
>         }
>         else
>         {
>             echo "error!";
>         }
>     }
> ?>
>
> This is directly after the form using the registered vars $Email,
> $FirstName, $LastName. So I dunno whats wrong..
>


Your regular expressions are incorrect.

Try:

        if (
            eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@[a-z0-9\.-]+\.[a-z]{2,3}$", $Email)
            && eregi("^[a-z0-9]+$", $FirstName)
            && eregi("^[a-z0-9]+$", $LastName)
        )


Cheers

Simon Garner


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