note 98744 added to function.preg-match

Check for a valid username and email address. Robust reporting to report exactly what is wrong. <?php function is_user($username) { //only numbers and letters in username if(preg_match("[^A-Za-z0-9]",$username)) { die("Bad username [code1]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } //username looks good return $username; } function is_email( $email, $check_dns = false ) { // Test for the minimum length the email can be if ( strlen( $email ) < 3 ) { die("Bad email [code1]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Test for an @ character after the first position if ( strpos( $email, '@', 1 ) === false ) { die("Bad email [code2]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Split out the local and domain parts list( $local, $domain ) = explode( '@', $email, 2 ); // LOCAL PART // Test for invalid characters if ( !preg_match( '/^[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&\'*+\/=?^_`{|}~\.-]+$/', $local ) ) { die("Bad email [code3]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // DOMAIN PART // Test for sequences of periods if ( preg_match( '/\.{2,}/', $domain ) ) { die("Bad email [code4]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Test for leading and trailing periods and whitespace if ( trim( $domain, " \t\n\r\0\x0B." ) !== $domain ) { die("Bad email [code5]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Split the domain into subs $subs = explode( '.', $domain ); // Assume the domain will have at least two subs if ( 2 > count( $subs ) ) { die("Bad email [code6]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Loop through each sub foreach ( $subs as $sub ) { // Test for leading and trailing hyphens and whitespace if ( trim( $sub, " \t\n\r\0\x0B-" ) !== $sub ) { die("Bad email [code7]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Test for invalid characters if ( !preg_match('/^[a-z0-9-]+$/i', $sub ) ) { die("Bad email [code8]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } } // DNS // Check the domain has a valid MX and A resource record if ( $check_dns && function_exists( 'checkdnsrr' ) && !( checkdnsrr( $domain . '.', 'MX' ) || checkdnsrr( $domain . '.', 'A' ) ) ) { die("Bad email [code9]. Your IP address has been logged. Please contact support if you are getting this in error."); } // Congratulations your email made it! return $email; } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 71.90.89.78 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98744 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98744 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98744 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php