Re: Credit card validation (Luhn check algorithm)
| From: | Dave Mertens | Date: | Wed, 22 May 2002 13:29:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Credit card validation (Luhn check algorithm) | ||
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:37:27PM +0200, Martin Jansen wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2002 13:21:55 +0200 (CEST), Ondrej Jombik wrote:
>
> >For elementary credit card validation is Luhn check algorithm
> >provided. I implemented this into PHP, because it wasn't already
> >done. You can look at it here:
> >
> Well, it's not that easy to find a proper category/name for the
> algorithm: For me both Payment_Luhn and Algorithm_Luhn sound
> reasonable. Other opinions?
>
+1 for algorithm_Luhn, it's not a payment service/method, it's a validation
routine.
BTW Luhn checks aren't only used for creditcards. But it is the most common
use for it..
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