note 54981 modified in function.stristr by danbrown

From: Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:08:12 +0000
Subject: note 54981 modified in function.stristr by danbrown
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You can use strstr() or stristr() to validate data! Check this out: <?php function validate_email($input) { if (!stristr($input, '@')) { return false; } return true; } function validate_url($input) { if (!stristr($input, 'http://')) { return false; } return true; } ?> Simple example: <?php if (!validate_email($_POST['email'])) { print 'You did not enter a valid email adress'; } if (!validate_url($_POST['url'])) { print 'You did not enter a valid url.'; } ?> --was-- You can use strstr() or strstri() to validate data! Check this out: <?php function validate_email($input) { if (!strstri($input, '@')) { return false; } return true; } function validate_url($input) { if (!strstri($input, 'http://')) { return false; } return true; } ?> Simple example: <?php if (!validate_email($_POST['email'])) { print 'You did not enter a valid email adress'; } if (!validate_url($_POST['url'])) { print 'You did not enter a valid url.'; } ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php

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