[RESOLVED] Registration Code

[oddjobsgin]

I'm getting a parse error with this code. I'm not entirely sure what I've done wrong.

$first_name = stripslashes(trim($_POST['first_name']));
if(strlen($first_name)>=2 && strlen($first_name<=15) && !preg_match

('^[[:alpha:]\.\', $first_name)) {
	$fn = escape_data($first_name);
	}
else {
	$fn = FALSE;
	echo '<p><font color="red">Please enter your first name!

</font></p>';
	}

Any help would be appreciated. And just to note... escape_data is a function defined within another file.

[paulnaj]

Hi,

Can you see, just from the highlighting, that something's gone awry?

I would suggest that you 'unpack' the code a little to find out where the error lies.

<?php
$first_name = stripslashes(trim($_POST['first_name']));
$regex = '^[[:alpha:]\.\';
$match = preg_match($regex, $first_name);

if(strlen($first_name)>=2 && strlen($first_name<=15) && !$match){
    $fn = escape_data($first_name);
} else {
    $fn = FALSE;
    echo '<p><font color="red">Please enter your first name!</font></p>';
} 
?> 

You can now see straightaway that the problem is that the regex string doesn't end with a quote.

Paul.

[oddjobsgin]

Thanks 🙂