On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 22:33 -0800, Liz Kim wrote:
> I am trying to do a password match with php..
>
> It needs to be at least 6 characters, contains 2 alphabets and at least 1
> number or a special character...
>
> if
> (!preg_match("/^.*(?=.{6,})((?=.*\d)|(?=.*[,\=@\"\/'+\*\?\.\[\]\^$\(\){}\|\\&:;'<>~`#%_-]))([a-zA-Z]{2,}).*$/",
> $pw1)) {error message}
>
> is failing to pass "e1w2qw" as a good password although it follows the
> instructions...
>
> I cannot figure out why..
Any reason you took such a complex route?
<?php
if( strlen( $pw1 ) < 6
||
!ereg( '[[:digit:]]', $pw1 )
||
strlen( ereg_replace( '[^[:alpha:]]', '', $pw1 ) ) < 2
||
strlen( ereg_replace( '[[:alnum:][:space:]]', '', $pw1 ) ) < 1 )
{
// error message
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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