Adding a required field in postnuke registration form

. it's annoying to scroll through all of that text when i want to get to the bottom and when you use the code button you get syntax highlighting. very nice for someone trying to troubleshoot your code.

now, as for your problem,

if (!isset (<<name of the location form field>>)) {blah blah blah;}
else {blah blah blah;}

you use the above code to make sure that something is set in the form field.

dp2 · May 20, 2008

Deepest apologises for not placing the code in the code button.

First time round I could not find it.

# :-) button

Thanks for the pointer, so I am assuming the code goes some where here

  // some input checking
     if (!pnSecAuthAction(0, 'UserInfo::', '::', ACCESS_READ)) {
        echo _PERMISSIONSNOAUTH;
        include 'footer.php';
        exit;
     }

    if ( empty($uname) || stristr($uname,'&') || preg_match("/[[:space:]]/", $uname) || strip_tags($uname) != $uname) {
        echo _MODARGSERROR;
        include 'footer.php';
        exit;
    }
    // End of check

I'm not sure about your code, If I were to duplicate the above and edit the dummy variables it could work? But, I have a sneeky feeling the above maybe incorrect too, because there is a function that checks the username entered against the database to see if the username already exists. The error message is referenced to the language file _MODARGSERROR

Back to your code, I know that I am not requesting validation here just that something is typed into this field

What about this code:

if (eregi ("^([[:alpha:]]|-|')+$", $HTTP_POST_VARS[location])) {
$location = TRUE;
} else {
$location = false;
$message[] = "Please enter a valid location.";
}

Which also checks for a apostrophe. getting a bit distracted

if (!isset (<<name of the location form field>>)) {blah blah blah;}
else {blah blah blah;}

How about this example:

if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[submit])){

Or maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree

if (!isset (<<user_from>>)) {blah blah blah;}
else {Please type your location;}

or

   if (!pnSecAuthAction(0, 'user_from::', '::', ACCESS_READ)) {
        echo _PERMISSIONSNOAUTH;
        include 'footer.php';
        exit;
     }

ardyandkari · May 22, 2008

Deepest apologises for not placing the code in the code button.

not a problem, it happens to everyone.

the idea of "validating" a location is kinda iffy, just because people live everywhere. something that you could do is just have a drop down country menu listing "all" of the countries. then you wouldnt have to do any validation, just check to make sure that it is filled. i am not sure if that is something that you were thinking of or if you are doing more local stuff, where you would need a list of cities...

i am pretty new to php, so i dont know much about the codes that you posted...sorry.

hope that i helped! if i didnt, could you please say that i did...for my self esteem's sake? just kidding.

dp2 · May 26, 2008

The first part of the code checks the username input into the form field.

I understand that if empty of anything it prints/displays an error message refering to the language file. If a username is typed and it matches in the database field it prints/displays "username already taken."

If the username does not match it is accepted and goes onto the next form field.

This is the complexities with postnuke

I need even if I use a drop down menu list that a selection has been made.

I am wondering If I duplicate this code and modify by adding $location and user_from

this should in some way do the same as username.

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