Re: PHP / Regex help?

How is this off topic? Last time I checked regex was part of php, and if she needs help understanding, that is what a list is for, of course maybe Im wrong being from California and all. Ron On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 04:25, heilo wrote: > hi! > > allthough this is off-topic of this mailing list you would help us, if you > said us where the validation fails. > > .ma > > The_polymorph <The_Polymorph@rocketmail.com> wrote@08.05.2003 8:01 Uhr: > > > Hi. > > > > I am passing several form fields to the script below but even when the > > data *should* be valid, it is being 'tagged' as invalid. Very puzzling. > > Any help would be appreciated: > > > > <?php > > > > > > // Define a manifest constant. Equate 'LOG' with the file. > > define( "LOG", "survey_log.txt" ); > > > > // Initialize three empty arrays. > > $form_errors = array(); > > $form_data = array(); > > $form_fields = array(); > > > > > > // Assign form variables to local variables. > > // HTMLSpecialChars is a function that converts HTML tags > > // to ordinary text so that won't be interpreted by the > > // browser. > > $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; > > $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; > > $email_address = $_POST['email_address']; > > $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; > > $major = $_POST['major']; > > $city = $_POST['city']; > > $state = $_POST['state']; > > $zip_code = $_POST['zip_code']; > > $contact = $_POST['contact']; > > $comment = HTMLSpecialChars( $_POST['comment'] ); > > > > > > // Assign each of the form fields to the '$form_fields' array. > > // This was done to increase efficiency. > > array_push( $form_fields, "first_name", "last_name", > > "email_address", > > "telephone", "major", "city", "state", > > "zip_code" ); > > > > // Check the value of each element in the $form_fields array. > > // If it isn't blank and the contents match a specific pattern, > > // assign the value to the $form_data array. > > foreach( $form_fields as $field ) { > > if( $field != "" && $field( $field ) ) { > > $form_data[] = $field; > > } > > > > // Assign the enclosed string to the '$form_errors' array > > // if the field is either blank or the contents didn't > > // match the individual pattern. > > else { > > $form_errors[] = "$field contains missing or invalid data<br/>"; > > } > > } > > > > // Does the '$contact' variable have a value that evaluates > > // to true? > > if( $contact == "contact" ) { > > $form_data[] = "Requesting contact"; > > } > > > > // Store the value of '$comment' in '$form_data'. > > $form_data[] = "$comment"; > > > > > > // If there were errors in any of the form fields, loop > > // through the '$form_errors' array and display each of > > // them in sequence. > > if( $form_errors ) { > > echo "<center><h3>Form > > errors</h3></center><br/><br/>"; > > foreach( $form_errors as $error ) { > > echo "<font color=\"red\">$error<br/></font>"; > > } > > } > > > > // No errors in form data. If the user has stated they would > > // like to be contacted ( via the checkbox ), display the > > // string 'You will be contacted shortly'. Otherwise, simply > > // thank them for their feedback. > > else { > > echo "<html><body > > bgcolor=\"aquamarine\"><center><h3>Thank you for > > your > > feedback.</h3></center></body></html><br/><br/>"; > > if( $contact ) { > > echo "<html><body bgcolor=\"aquamarine\">You will be > > contacted > > shortly.</body></html><br/>"; > > } > > } > > > > // If the 'survey_log.txt' file cannot be opened, display > > // the string and exit. > > if(!$file = fopen( LOG, "a+" ) ) { > > echo "Could not open file " . LOG; > > exit; > > } > > > > // If the file is open and there are no form errors present, > > // write a time stamp for the submission to disk. > > if( $file && (!($form_errors) ) ) { > > > > $date_stamp = getdate(); > > $week_day = $date_stamp['weekday']; > > $month = $date_stamp['month']; > > $day = $date_stamp['mday']; > > $year = $date_stamp['year']; > > $hrs = $date_stamp['hours']; > > $mins = $date_stamp['minutes']; > > $secs = $date_stamp['seconds']; > > > > fwrite( $file, "\nSubmitted: $week_day $month $day $year at > > $hrs:$mins:$secs\n" ); > > > > // Iterate through the form data and write each of them > > // to disk. > > foreach( $form_data as $data ) { > > fwrite( $file, "$data\n" ); > > } > > } > > > > // There were form field errors. > > else { > > echo "Could not send form data to the server!<br/>"; > > exit; > > } > > > > > > // Could not close file. > > if( !fclose( $file ) ) { > > echo "Error closing file " . LOG; > > } > > > > > > // Validate first_name field. Must contain only alphabetic > > // characters. If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function first_name( $first_name ) { > > > > if( eregi("[^a-z]+", $first_name ) ) { > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > // Validate last_name field. Must contain only alphabetic > > // characters. If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function last_name( $last_name ) { > > > > if( eregi("[^a-z]+", $last_name ) ) { > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > > > // Validate first_name field. Must contain only specific > > // characters. If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function email_address( $email_address ) { > > > > if( !eregi( "^" . > > "[a-z0-9]+([_\\.-][a-z0-9]+)*" . > > "@" . "([a-z0-9]+([\.-][a-z0-9]+)*)+" . > > "\\.[a-z]{2,}" . > > "$", $email_address ) ) { > > > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > // Validate telephone field. Must contain only numeric > > // characters which are seperated by either a dash('-') > > // or a period('.'). If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function telephone( $telephone ) { > > > > if( !eregi("^[0-9]{3}[.-][0-9]{3}[.-][0-9]{4}$", $telephone ) ) { > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > // Validate major field. Must contain only alphabetic > > // characters. If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function major( $major ) { > > > > if( eregi("[^a-z]+", $major ) ) { > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > // Validate city field. Must contain only alphabetic > > // characters. If not, return false. Otherwise, return true. > > function city( $city ) { > > > > if( eregi("[^a-z]+", $city ) ) { > > return false; > > } > > > > else { > > return true; > > } > > } > > > > // Validate state field. Must contain only alphabetic > > // characters. If not, return false. 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