Do you trim() usernames and passwords?
| From: | Dotan Cohen | Date: | Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:49:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Do you trim() usernames and passwords? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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I seem to have an issue with users who copy-paste their usernames and
passwords coping and pasting leading and trailing space characters.
The obvious fix was to trim() the values that I receive, but I worry
how that would affect users who use a space at the beginning or end of
their password. Of course, if I trim() also when the user is setting
his password then he will never know that his password is really 1
digit shorter, but do I really want to do that? Thoughts? Thanks!
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Dotan Cohen
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