Posted by Lurius on 03/01/07 19:40

lepage.diane@gmail.com formulated on keskiviikko :
> Hello
>
> I am a newbie to PHP. Please bear with me. I need to validate the
> following fields using php.
>
> 1. email (needs to be just one e-mail address, and take out stuff like
> bcc or anything that would be used for e-mail injection vulnerability)
> 2. Phone number (has to be in the format 555-5555)
> 3. Phone number area code (has to be limited to 3 characters)
> 4. Address has to be stripped of all illegal characters like slashes,
> special characters etc
>
> Another thing is I don't want people to be able to leave any of the
> fields blank.
>
> Where does the validation code go?
>
> After this statement?
>
> if($REQUEST_METHOD=="POST") or before?
>
> I have tried a few things, but I am not sure what most people use, any
> help would be appreciated.
>
> Have a wonderful day
>
> Diane

Hi, you should check these:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filter.php,
http://phpro.org/tutorials/Filtering-Data-with-PHP.html and
http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/1113.

-Lurius

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