Hi Bob, It's always a challenge to balance needs and usability. At least they have moved on to something else.
Sincerely, Mike -- Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting On Aug 6, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Bob wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Brandonisio > Hi Bob, > > How do you deal with "500 or more "X"s with no spaces"? > ================================ > > Hi Mike, > My last regex about this wouldn't have worked. > I thought I'd reproduce it just as an exercise. It's really > overkill and took it off, but it does seem to work. I couldn't ban > the IP (must have been from a group of lads as they plaqued me for > ages) but they tired after I put this on :-) > > <?php > //just a test program > if ($_POST['submit'] == "Submit") { > $result = array(); > //used own array instead of looped thro ASCII code. Note: dot > needs escaping in array > $char = array > ('-','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p',' > q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7' > ,'8','9',"'",'"',',','\.',' '); > //kill everything accept these > $raw = preg_replace('/[^-A-Za-z0-9\'\"\,\.\r\n ]/', '', $_POST > ['raw']); > $raw = nl2br($raw); > $raw = explode(' ', $raw); > foreach ($raw as $word) { > foreach ($char as $x) { > $word = preg_replace("/($x){3,}/i", '$1$1', $word); > } > $result[] = $word; > } > $result = implode($result, ' '); > echo $result; > } > ?> > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post"> > <textarea name="raw" cols="50" rows="5"></textarea> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> > </form> > > Regards, Bob E. > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: php-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Community email addresses: Post message: php-list@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
