1.
i have a self submitting form using POST
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST"
id="test2" name="registrationform">
i am not using any javascript assuming javascript is turned off in a
users browser.
i have a feature where in a user can click on an image to find out
if a username is available or not. using javascript i am able to
capture the value entered, pass the value entered by the user and
open a new window and display a message with a php file if the
username is available or not however since i am not using javascript
i used the following code to call the same php file which checks for
the user name,
<a href="checkusername.php?usernameis="<?php echo($username); ?>
target="_blank"> <img src="image.jpg"> </a>
however i am not able to pass the value of the username entered in
the textfield by the user.
code in checkusername.php is
$username = $_GET["usernameis"]; and the remaining code to connect
to database and display a message.
how can i pass the value entered in the textfield to
checkusername.php when the image is clicked. also is there a way to
define the width and height of the new window that opens.
textfield is defined as follows = <input name="username" type="text"
value="<?php echo($username) ; ?>" />
2.
i need to validate a password which can consist of both letters and
numbers and should be between 5 to 10 characters only.
how can i rewrite the following preg_match to specify the condition
of 5 to 10 characters only as presently it is not working
as i seem to be missing something in the syntax.
if($password == "" || !preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9]{\(5)$|^\(10)}+$/',
$password) )
please advice.
thanks.
