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Hi all. I've finally submitted to asking for online help. I been trying to do it on my own, but it seems like I've hit a really hard rock.

I have a function that looks like this

[PHP]
function validusername($ username, $pattern = "/^(?!.*[-_.]{2})[a-zA-Z\d][\w.-]{4,36}[a-zA-Z\d]$/") {
if ( (strlen($userna me) < 6) || (strlen($userna me) > 40) || (!preg_match($u sername, $pattern)) ) {
return false;
}
else {
return true;
}
}

[/PHP]

The part I'm having trouble with is the regular expression. I'm using the same regex in javascript, but I can't get this function to work out in PHP.

This is the error I get:
Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash


It would be appreciated if anyone could help me on this one.

Thanks
Dec 7 '07 #1
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clai83
41 New Member
I'm sorry I didn't include any details. Here it is.

1. This function is used to validate a username.
2. The regular expression basically says the following
a) upper case characters are allowed
b) lower case characters are allowed
c) numbers are allowed
d) string should be 6-40 characters
e) hypens(-) and . (dot) are allowed but cannot end the string and cannot be consecutive

AHHHHHHH.... as I was typing I found out my mistake. I feel like an idiot...

ok for preg_match I had

preg_match($use rname, $pattern) but it should be the opposite preg_match($pat tern, $username).

anyway, just in case anyone has the same problem just look at this post so you don't humiliate yourself ^_^.
Dec 7 '07 #2

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