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Title : An array of functions to use in checking user input to HTML forms : text, firstName, middleNameOrInit, lastName, email, web, digits, decimal, hex, genNum, USD, BPS, Euro, USphone, USzip
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Dave Silvia
Date : Nov 10th 2006
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<?php
/*
*  (c) 2006, D.E. Silvia, All rights reserved.
*  This code is available for use for non-commercial purposes.
*  Free to distribute as long as this copyright information remains intact.
*  No modification is authorized.  Please, refer bugs/enhancements to
*  dsilvia@mchsi.com
*
*/

/*
*
*  Array of functions to validate HTML form input. Input types are:
*
*     text              Any text
*     firstName         Person's first name
*     middleNameOrInit  Person's middle name or initial
*     lastName          Person's last name
*     email             Person's email address
*     web               Fully qualified http URL
*     digits            Input is digits (integer) only
*     decimal           Input is decimal with possible decimal point
*     hex               Input is hexidecimal
*     genNum            Input is a general number
*     USD               US Dollars with possible currency sign and decimal places
*     BPS               British Pounds Sterling with possible currency sign and decimal places
*     Euro              Ruro Dollars with possible currency sign and decimal places
*     USphone           US fully qualified phone number
*     USzip             US postal zip code
*
*  Functions check to see that there is input, then that the input
*  is of a valid form.
*
*  Calling syntax:
*
*      $isValid=$formValidator['text']($userText);
*      if($isValid)
*      {
*          // appropriate processing
*      }
*/

function validGenNum($var,$len)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^\d{'.$len.','.$len.'}(?:\-\d{4,4})?$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validUSzip($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^\d{5,5}(?:\-\d{4,4})?$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validUSphone($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^\d{10,10}$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validFirstName($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^[A-Z][a-z\. ]*$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validMiddleNameOrInit($var)
{
    return
validFirstName($var);
}

function
validLastName($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^[A-Z][A-Za-z\. \-]*$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validEuro($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^€?\d+(?:\.\d{2,2})?$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validBPS($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^£?\d+(?:\.\d{2,2})?$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validUSD($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
preg_match('/^\$?\d+(?:\.\d{2,2})?$/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validDigits($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
is_numeric($var) && !preg_match('/[^\d]+/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validDecimal($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
is_numeric($var) && !validHex($var) && preg_match('/[^\d]+/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validHex($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(
is_numeric($var) && preg_match('/[xX]+/',$var)) return true;
    return
false;
}

function
validWeb($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(!
preg_match('/^[Hh][Tt][Tt][Pp]:\/\/[\w\.\-]+[\w\.\-\/]+$/',$var)) return false;
    return
true;
}

function
validEmail($var)
{
    if(
IsEmpty($var)) return false;
    if(!
preg_match('/^[\w\.\-]+@[\w\.\-]+$/',$var)) return false;
    return
true;
}

function
validText($var)
{
    return !
IsEmpty($var);
}

function
IsEmpty($var)
{
    if(!isset(
$var)) return true;
   
$type=gettype($var);
    if(
$type == "string" && trim($var) == '') return true;
    if(
$type == "array" && $var == array()) return true;
    if(
$type == "object" && $var == (object)0) return true;
    if(
$type == "NULL") return true;
    return
false;
}

// validate there is input
$formValidator['text']='validText';

// validate input is alphabetic or dot
$formValidator['firstName']='validFirstName';

// validate input is alphabetic or dot
$formValidator['middleNameOrInit']='validMiddleNameOrInit';

// validate input is alphabetic or dot, space, or hyphen
$formValidator['lastName']='validLastName';

// validate input is 2 fields separated by 'at sign' (@) and
// fields are alphanumeric, underscore, dot, or hyphen
$formValidator['email']='validEmail';

// validate input begins with http (case insensitive) followed by a
// colon and 2 slashes with alphnumeric, underscore, dot, hyphen and
// possibly followed by an ending slash
$formValidator['web']='validWeb';

// validate input is integer
$formValidator['digits']='validDigits';

// validate input is float
$formValidator['decimal']='validDecimal';

// validate input is hexidecimal
$formValidator['hex']='validHex';

// validate input is all digits. has additional argument of exact length
$formValidator['genNum']='validGenNum';

// validate input is in US dollar format.
// possible leading '$' and possible trailing 2 place decimal.
$formValidator['USD']='validUSD';

// validate input is in British Pounds Steling format.
// possible leading '£' and possible trailing 2 place decimal.
$formValidator['BPS']='validBPS';

// validate input is in European Union Euro format.
// possible leading '€' and possible trailing 2 place decimal.
$formValidator['Euro']='validEuro';

// validate input is 10 decimal digits
$formValidator['USphone']='validUSphone';

// validate input is 5 decimal digits, possibly followed by '-' and 4 decimal digits
$formValidator['USzip']='validUSzip';
?>



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