Signup Validation Settings Not Working

xifekobo

Hi, I'm trying to limit the character usernames signup on my forum, but when I set it using one of the tutorials found here, it still does not apply and says 3-20. I set it below 10. I tried both the array(3,10) and {3,10} method but no luck.

Please help.

River

xifekobo said: but when I set it using one of the tutorials found here,

should we guess which ones you looked at and "didn't work" , or do you want to provide links. than you can be advised.

River

@xifekobo said:
Hi, I'm trying to limit the character usernames signup on my forum, but when I set it using one of the tutorials found here, it still does not apply and says 3-20. I set it below 10. I tried both the array(3,10) and {3,10} method but no luck.

Please help.

for the english language this is one way.

Changes message that appears

in conf/locale.php add this.

$Definition['UsernameError'] = 'Username can only contain letters, numbers, underscores, and must be between 5 and 10 characters long.';

https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/207043#Comment_207043

https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26597/tutorial-how-to-change-wording-how-to-change-text-how-to-change-language-how-to-change-locale/p1

Validates between 5 and 10

in conf/config.php
$Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationLength'] = "{5,10}";

https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/218973/#Comment_218973

xifekobo

thanks I think all tutorials have the same solution as it is one key like that but with different combinations that I mentioned above.

$Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationLength']

I tried the bracket and array type. Though I did not put the UserNameError message, is that required? afaik know that is only for displaying.

River

@xifekobo said:
thanks I think all tutorials have the same solution as it is one key like that but with different combinations that I mentioned above.

$Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationLength']

I tried the bracket and array type. Though I did not put the UserNameError message, is that required? afaik know that is only for displaying.

well the translation is for displaying, that is what I tried to say. translation displays. config statement validates.

you could make this easier!
-what language are you using? english? what user name did you try! please provide a specific example.

• what about utf-8 and pcre.
• did you modify or make a config statement with $Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationRegex'] ? if so, what?

you could temporarily debug here

https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/Vanilla_2.2.1/library/core/functions.validation.php#L254

by inserting

var_dump($ValidateUsernameRegex);
die();

then printing your result and then removing the two lines.

non -intrusive test

alternatively you could create a regextext.php file and run it from your web browser.

<?php 
$value = "bad";
$regex1 = "[\w]{4,10}";
$regex2 = "[\pN\pL\pM\pPc]{4,10}" ;
$regex1 = "/^({$regex1})?$/siu";
$regex2 = "/^({$regex2})?$/siu";
echo "$regex1 $value is " ;
var_dump(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => $regex1))));
echo "<br>";
echo  "$regex2 $value is ";
var_dump(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => $regex2))));
echo "<br>";
$value = "good";
echo "$regex1 $value is ";
var_dump(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => $regex1))));
echo "<br>";
echo  "$regex2 $value is ";
var_dump(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => $regex2))));

then post the results.

xifekobo

Thanks. Of course English and I already changed it, here's my settings on that part:

For now I only would like to set a preferred username limit like this:

$Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationLength'] = array(4,15);

my sample is just entering 2 chacters username, when I entered a valid email correctly, the 2 char username also validates. This is becoming a bit of a problem now for me

Ok I will try the debugging there.

xifekobo

Are there any plugins that can do this for a forum? like min-max characters. tickers for uppercase, lowercase then numbers.. etc.

too complicated for a normal owner and I should point out again that the default messages says 3 char minimum whereas I already tested it validates for 2 only. That's a bug right there unless you have typo on the message.