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jefe Member 
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Hi jim & Di Is there a way to stop users using the '&' in a user name as we have quite a few members that register E.G. ron&judy when it shows in the new member, who's on line & in the profile it comes out like this ron&judy jefe
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wingnutter Forever Learning 
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This used to work in WOW 1.7, but don't try it until Jim gives it the green light as I don't know if it works in Ultra; Preventing & being used in usernames, V1.7 or higher (meaning not tested in previous versions) It will prevent the listed special characters from being used in a username. In login.php, you can insert the following line: if (preg_match('/(\'|"|\|)+/', $user_info["user_name"])) error("invalid_username", array("user_names" => stripslashes($user_info["user_name"]))); right above: $user_info["user_theme"] = THEME; All credit to whoever thought it up for WOW, I just copied and saved it.
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Jim Administrator 
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I thought that was for apostrophes? I don't see the & char in that statement, I'll try it and add it. I believe Aycan did that and Marty posted it. The apostrophe fix is already part of Ultra, however I really should fix the problem eventually so any character can be used.
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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Just as well you had a look at it Jim. 
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Jim Administrator
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OK I was right, that is for quotes and apostrophes. To add this "&" replace that exact line above that is already part of Ultra with this: if (preg_match('/(\'|"|&|\|)+/', $user_info["user_name"])) error("invalid_username", array("user_names" => stripslashes($user_info["user_name"]))); I will have a fix in the next version where we will be able to use special characters without excluding them. Jim
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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Thanks Jim. If I read that right, Ultra already excludes "&" from usernames?
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Jim Administrator
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No not yet, but I'll put it in on yours since I'm upgrading you tonight. Ultra makes it impossible to include an apostrophe in a name, I didn't even know till this post that the & was a problem! The alternate code I posted will work for excluding the & as well as the apostrophe.
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wingnutter Forever Learning
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That's excellent Jim, thanks.
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jefe Member
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Have replaced: if (preg_match('/('|"||)+/', $user_info["user_name"])) error("invalid_username", array("user_names" => stripslashes($user_info["user_name"]))); with: if (preg_match('/('|"|&||)+/', $user_info["user_name"])) error("invalid_username", array("user_names" => stripslashes($user_info["user_name"]))); that seems to have stoped the problem thanks Last edited on Tue Jun 10th, 2008 07:09 am by jefe |
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