Validation

[user4fun]

$name = $_REQUEST['name'];$t1 = $_REQUEST['t1'];$t2 = $_REQUEST['t2'];$t3 = $_REQUEST['t3'];$entry = $_REQUEST['entry'];$min_entry = "50000";//t1, t2, and t3 are the users phone number starting with area codeI need to validate that $name is not emptyother wise go to name_error.phpTHEN$t1 is not less OR more that 3 chracters 0 to 9Other wise go to ac_error.php$t2 is not less OR more that 3 characters 0 to 9 AND $t3 is not less OR more that 4 digits 0 to 9Other wise go to number_error.php$entry is not less than $min_entry and only using chracters 0 to 9If all the above is OK then //more codeIt is duable, except I don't know how to NOT repeat the 0 to 9 stipulation of number of chracters.Also, I am not sure if it would be if...else of elseifPlease help

[justsomeguy]

This is the low-tech way, without regular expressions. Regexp will give you a better match, but I've been drinking and I don't want to think about regexp right now.

$name is not emptyother wise go to name_error.php

if ($name == ""){  header("Location: name_error.php");  exit();}

$t1 is not less OR more that 3 chracters 0 to 9Other wise go to ac_error.php

if (strlen($t1) != 3 || intval($t1) != $t1){  header("Location: ac_error.php");  exit();}

$t2 is not less OR more that 3 characters 0 to 9 AND $t3 is not less OR more that 4 digits 0 to 9Other wise go to number_error.php

if (strlen($t2) != 3 || intval($t2) != $t2 || strlen($t3) != 4 || intval($t3) != $t3){  header("Location: number_error.php");  exit();}

$entry is not less than $min_entry and only using chracters 0 to 9

if ($entry < $min_entry || !preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)){  echo "bah!";}else{  // more code}

Damnit, you got me to use regexp.

[user4fun]

lolyou are funny, thank you I will try that code today.Thanks alot

[user4fun]

if ($entry < $min_entry || !preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)){ echo "bah!";}

I dont understand this part?

[boen_robot]

I dont understand this part?

If

$entry is not less than $min_entry and only using chracters 0 to 9

then

echo "bah!";

[user4fun]

So at the bah area that is when all the information is in good shape and I can start the code???

[Synook]

No, I think boen_robot meant to sayIf

$entry is less than $min_entry or uses characters other than 0 to 9

then

echo "bah!";

So then the $entry is invalid.

[user4fun]

Thank you,for some reason if the entry box has abcde chracters in it, it accepts the entry.It is not validatin 0 to 9 digits?$min_entry = "5000";

[zppblood]

If it accepts anything that is non-numeric, and you want to only have numbers you can use functions like is_numeric(), intval(), floatval(), etc.

[Synook]

Ah wait using Regex it should be like this

if ($entry < $min_entry || preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)){echo "bah!";}

[justsomeguy]

This should work:

if ($entry < $min_entry || !preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)){  echo "the entry was less then the min entry, or it contained something other then digits";}else{  // more code}

The if statement says that if the entry is less then min_entry, or if it does not match the expression, then go to the first case. So that means the first case is the failure case. If you want the first case to be the successful case you can reverse the logic.

if ($entry >= $min_entry && preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)){  echo "the entry was longer then the minimum and contained only digits";}else{  // more code}

[user4fun]

This is exactly how I have itWhen i put ancd instead of numbers it gives me the errorif I put in 64574673654Which is larger that $min_entry which is 5000 it still gives me the error???

if ($entry < $min_entry || !preg_match('^\d+$', $entry)) {  header("Location: entry_error.php");  exit();}else{  echo "good";}

[justsomeguy]

Change it to this:if (!preg_match('^\d+$', $entry) || intval($entry) < $min_entry)It might be a numeric string, but there's nothing really complex about that if statement.