validation issue

lu

luisa 25 Apr, 2011

I have tried to validate my number field various ways to ensure 6 digits are entered.

$number= JRequest::getString('number', '', 'post');
if ( !preg_match('/^[1-9]\d{5}$/', $number) )
  return "Please enter six digits for account number";
}

Any ideas?

Cheers

Gr

GreyHead 25 Apr, 2011

Hi luisa,

There's a curly bracket missing. You can also use getInt() rather than get string as the number can't start with zero.

<?php
$number= JRequest::getInt('number', '', 'post');
if ( !preg_match('/^[1-9]\d{5}$/', $number) ) { // <-- add { here
  return "Please enter six digits for account number";
}
?>

Bob

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