note 112431 deleted from function.preg-match by googleguy

Note Submitter: debpal07 at gmail dot com ---- // Password Validation public static function isValidPassword($password) { /* Validation Rule: 1. Password must contain 8-15 alpha-numeric characters without spaces 2. Please use a combination of alphabets, numbers and special characters (@, $, _, !, ~) 3. There must be at least one alphabet, one number and one special character. */ if(strlen($password) >= 8 && strlen($password) <= 15) { $patterns = array ( "/[A-Za-z]{1,}[0-9]{1,}[@\$\_!~]{1,}/", "/[0-9]{1,}[A-Za-z]{1,}[@\$\_!~]{1,}/", "/[@\$\_!~]{1,}[0-9]{1,}[A-Za-z]{1,}/", "/[@\$\_!~]{1,}[A-Za-z]{1,}[0-9]{1,}/", "/[A-Za-z]{1,}[@\$\_!~]{1,}[0-9]{1,}/", "/[0-9]{1,}[@\$\_!~]{1,}[A-Za-z]{1,}/" ); foreach ($patterns as $pattern) { if(preg_match($pattern, $password)) return true; } } return false; }