Name Checking

[silverthorn]

Hi all. I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to coding PHP, but I am learning...

What do I need to do for the following.. through a form submittal on a previous page, in the first name only blank, I have users at times putting in there full name (ie. underscores, spaces, etc).

Is there a way in PHP to check for 'firstname' input type from the form and check for these spaces or underscores then print a die() message or something for the refusal?

I was looking at php.net and strchr() about it, but the notes they have provided wasnt very useful. Anyone else have an example or way to do this?

Thanks.

-- Michael

[cordex]

Should work.

if(strchr($firstname," ") || strchr($firstname,"_"))
{
echo "Read the directions before submitting, buddy.<BR>";
}
else
{
echo "You grok! Congratulations. You have completed the registration process. Waiting is.<BR>";
}

[silverthorn]

Thanks. That worked perfectly.

I am having one small problem, though....

I need either the form or the PHP script to see if there is any data in the input (name or e-mail). If nothing was entered, it should post a die() message or error to the user to enter it.

Any ideas?

-- M

[junebug]

make a simple check. ie:

if(!$inputText)
{
die("nothing entered.");
}

[silverthorn]

Thanks. That's what I was looking for... =)

-- M