| Re: Simpler way to validate form fields? [message #179803 is a reply to message #179802] |
Thu, 06 December 2012 16:51  |
Gilles Ganault
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:50:01 +0100, "M. Strobel"
<sorry_no_mail_here(at)nowhere(dot)dee> wrote:
> I don't know offhand what exactly PHP makes of your GET URL, but be aware that the
> forward slash is a path separator.
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> The regex is okay. Find ways to quickly test code bits, or functions, if possible
> just use the command line. My test (newlines inserted for reading):
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> php > $d = "01/01/2112";
> php > echo filter_var($d,
> FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP,array("options"=>array("regexp"=>"/^\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{4}/ "))),
> PHP_EOL;
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> 01/01/2112
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> php > echo urlencode($d), PHP_EOL;
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> 01%2F01%2F2112
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> Write regexp here with a different separator, easier to read:
> array("regexp"=>"#^\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4}#")
Thanks much for the tips.
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