need helping sorting a big problem

[Anon]

I have introduced registration on my site but a problem with the code has left a big hole.

The problem is I can register the username “Ben Graves” but I can also register it with two or more spaces in the middle as well.

How do I ensure that multiple spaces are checked against the database as one space?

Or how do I replace multiple spaces with one?

Thanx for your help,

Ben.

[Anon]

Seperate the input boxes so the user has to put his first name in one and last name in another. Then strip any white space from both and concatenate them back together with only one space in between.

[Anon]

You could try this

$name = 'Bob Marley';

if(ereg(chr(32),$name)){
$pos = strpos($name,chr(32));
}
else{
$pos = strlen($name);
}

$firstname = substr($name,0,$pos);

$lastname = substr($name,$pos,strlen($name));

print $firstname;
print '<br>';
print $lastname;