Form validating problems

[immodium]

Hi

 

heres is the code

 

$user = $_POST['user'];
$password = md5($_POST['password']);
$email = $_POST['email'];

if (!$user) {
echo "Username needs to be entered";
include 'register.html';
unset($user, $password, $email);
exit();
}

if (!$password) {
echo "Password needs to be entered";
include 'register.html';
unset($user, $password, $email);
exit();
}

if (!$email) {
echo "Email needs to be entered";
include 'register.html';
unset($user, $password, $email);
exit();
}

 

the problem i'm getting is that if i type in a username and email and leave the password field blank the form still gets processed. The only difference in the html code for the form is that the password input type is password not text.

 

Any ides why its still getiing processed with a blank form field?

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Olly

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The md5() of an empty value is an MD5 value.

 

You should validate the entered data first, then use md5() on the entered password.

[immodium]

ahh get it. thanks. I'll give it a whirl.