// RETURN [0] (TRUE | FALSE)
// RETURN [1] (NULL | STRING ERROR MESSAGE)
$validate = validEX($_POST['username'], 'len[6,16]|alphanum|nospace');
// IF [0] IS NOT TRUE, EXIT THE SCRIPT AND RETURNS [1] STRING ERROR MESSAGE
if (!$validate[0]) die($validate[1]);
// OTHERWISE, PROCCEED WITH YOUR SCRIPT
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<?php | |
function validEX($field, $rules) { | |
$rules = explode("|", $rules); | |
foreach ($rules as $key => $rule) { | |
preg_match_all('/(\w+)[^,\]]?/', $rule, $rule); | |
switch ($rule[1][0]) { | |
// REQUIRED | |
case 'required': | |
if ($field == null || empty($field)) { | |
return [false, 'This field is required!']; | |
} | |
break; | |
// NO WHITE SPACES | |
case 'nospace': | |
if (preg_match('/[ ]/', $field)) { | |
return [false, 'No white-spaces are allowed!']; | |
} | |
break; | |
// LENGTH | |
case 'len': | |
if (isset($rule[1][2])) { | |
if (strlen($field) < $rule[1][1] || strlen($field) > $rule[1][2]) { | |
return [false, "This field must contain between {$rule[1][1]} and {$rule[1][2]} characters. ".strlen($field)." given"]; | |
} | |
} else { | |
if (strlen($field) < $rule[1][1] || strlen($field) > $rule[1][1]) { | |
return [false, "This field must contain exactly {$rule[1][1]} characters. ".strlen($field)." given"]; | |
} | |
} | |
break; | |
// ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ONLY | |
case 'alphanum': | |
if (preg_match('/\W /u', $field)) { | |
return [false, "Invalid characters found! Only alpha-numeric characters allowed."]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// ALPHA CHARACTERS ONLY | |
case 'alpha': | |
if (preg_match('/[^\p{Latin} ]/u', $field)) { | |
return [false, "Invalid characters found! Only alphabetic characters allowed."]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// SPECIAL CHARACTERS ALLOWED | |
case 'special': | |
if (preg_match('/[^\p{Latin}0-9_\-!@#$%&*+~]/iu', $field)) { | |
return [false, 'Invalid characters found! A few special characters are allowed! (_-!@#$%&*+~)']; | |
} | |
break; | |
// INTEGER ONLY | |
case 'int': | |
if (!preg_match('/^(\-|\+)?\d+$/', $field)) { | |
return [false, 'This field must contain an integer number.']; | |
} | |
break; | |
// REAL NUMBER | |
case 'real': | |
if (!preg_match('/^(\-|\+)?\d+(.[\d]+)?$/', $field)) { | |
return [false, 'This field must contain a real number.']; | |
} | |
break; | |
// NUMBER RANGE | |
case 'range': | |
if ($field < $rule[1][1] || $field > $rule[1][2]) { | |
return [false, "This field must contain a number between {$rule[1][1]} and {$rule[1][2]}."]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// POSITIVE | |
case 'pos': | |
if ($field < 0) { | |
return [false, "This field requires a positive number!"]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// MATCH FIELD | |
case 'match': | |
if ($field != SUBMIT[$rule[1][1]]) { | |
return [false, "This field doesn't match the required one."]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// EMAIL FIELD | |
case 'email': | |
if (preg_match('/^[\w.\-]+@[\w.\-]+\.[\w.\-]+$/', $field) == 0) { | |
return [false, "A valid email address is required!"]; | |
} | |
break; | |
// SUCCESS CASE | |
default: | |
return [true]; | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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