| Re: Simpler way to validate form fields? [message #179810 is a reply to message #179804] |
Fri, 07 December 2012 10:15   |
Gilles Ganault
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:55:21 +0100, "M. Strobel"
<sorry_no_mail_here(at)nowhere(dot)dee> wrote:
> The date verification problems are a all time favorite in programming.
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> But to the regular expression: they just pick the pattern where they find it, so this
> is always a tolerant and save input reading. You might as well leave off the ^ and $
> delimiters.
It's better to keep ^.../ so that it doesn't allow garbage like
"qdfqdflqk 11/11/2000 qsdjflqksdfjql".
I'll try to find a good article that explains the different tips and
tricks to validate form fields, locally through JavaScript and
remotely through PHP, including anti-SPAM solutions.
Thank you.
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