disallow space in username?

[vB-Host.com]

Is there a way or a hack to disallow a space in a username? I searched but no luck...

[ImportPassion]

i would like to know that too, as well as other characters like #, %, & * etc.

[bharvey42]

I want to fliter out any ASCII characters like this as they screw things up. ¿

[vB-Host.com]

anyone? *bump*

[Erwin]

To complete disallow spaces in usernames:

In register.php, find:


$username = trim($username);


ABOVE add:


if (stristr($username,' ')) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nospace")."\");");
exit;
}


Then create a new template called "error_nospace" with the contents:


Spaces are not allowed in usernames.


Not tested, but should work.

[vB-Host.com]

thank you so much buddy! I will test it and let you know. I really needed this as my hack I wrote to create an e-mail account in cPanel is hanging Ensim if a member tries to create a mail account with a space in it.. If it works, may I have your permission to add this to the hack install file?

[Erwin]

Of course you can.

The other alternative is to force the user to use an underscore rather than a space by doing this - also if it's for email, make everything into lower case:

In register.php, find:


$username = trim($username);


Above, add:


$username = strtolower(str_replace(" ","_",$username));


So if I register with the name "Erwin Loh", the system will save it as "erwin_loh". :) You may need to move that line of code higher or lower depending on what you want it to do... play around with it. Again, not tested, but should work...

[ImportPassion]

this is great, but how do i stop special characters altogether? like ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) { } [ ] | = - and others

[MUG]

In register.php, find:
$username = trim($username);
Under it, add:
$username = str_replace(' ', '_', $username);

if(!preg_match('#^([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)$#', $username)) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_badusername")."\");");
exit;
}
Then create a template named error_badusername
The username you have chosen is invalid. It can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores.
Untested, but it should work :p

[ImportPassion]

cool. thanks. I will test it.

[ImportPassion]

works great!

[azher]

hello...

does this work the same for vb3? i haven't upgraded yet but this would be crucial. :)

[ImportPassion]

ya, wouldn't mind it myself.