Re: Re: Do you trim() usernames and passwords?

On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 22:11, Joshua Kehn <josh.kehn@gmail.com> wrote: >> Users should not be copy-pasting passwords or usernames. Do not compromise a >> system to cater to bad [stupid, ignorant, you pick] users. If this is an >> issue then educate the users. >> > > Educate the users?!? Is that like making water flow uphill, or > reversing aging? I can do a lot of things, but don't even ask me to > bring back the dead! > > -- > Dotan Cohen We're PHP programmers, we do the impossible all the time. Without automatic migrations, managed models, succinct ORM's. Other developers look at us in shock as we memorize the $haystack and $needle argument orders for explode and str* functions. Raising the dead would be easy in comparison. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.Kehn@gmail.com http://joshuakehn.com