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Examples of form handling for CSci 1101.
Author: Elena Machkasova elenam@morris.umn.edu
Last modified: 4/16/09
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<title>A form to test php regular expressions</title>
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<form method="post" action="regex.php">
<p>Test field: <input type="text" name="test" value="" style="width: 100px" /></p>
<table style="border: none">
<tr>
<td>
Enter your name (Last, First)
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" style="width: 100px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Enter your phone number in format (123) 456-7890
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="phone" value="" style="width: 100px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Enter your city, state
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="city" value="" style="width: 100px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Enter your zip code (5 digits)
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="zip" value="" style="width: 100px" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
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Regular expressions in PHP
Author: Elena Machkasova elenam@morris.umn.edu
Last modified: 4/17/06
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<?php
$test = $_POST["test"];
$name = $_POST["name"];
$phone = $_POST["phone"];
$city = $_POST["city"];
$zip = $_POST["zip"];
?>
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Form data processing
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<?php
print "$test <br/>\n";
print "$name $phone $city $zip<br/>\n";
print "<h3>Validating test field using different patterns</h3>\n";
// has a substring "red"
$pattern1 = "red";
// has a substring "red" or "blue"
$pattern2 = "red|blue";
// starts with "one" or "two"
$pattern3 = "^(one|two)";
// starts with "one", end with "two", can have anything in between
// . matches any character, * allows any number of them (or none)
$pattern4 = "^one.*two$";
// has a digit in it
$pattern5 = "[0-9]";
// has at least two digits in it
$pattern6 = "[0-9].*[0-9]";
// has one or more digits (+) in the beginning, followed by one or more letters
$pattern7 = "^[0-9]+[a-zA-Z]+$";
// has a three-symbol combination that starts with t, ends with p, and has
// anything other than i in the middle.
$pattern8 = "t[^i]p";
// doesn't have digits (i.e. consists of non-digit symbols only)
// note that an empty string matches
$pattern9 = "^[^0-9]*$";
// See pp. 87-97 and pp. 288-304 for more
if (!ereg($pattern1, $test)) {
print "Invalid string<br/>\n";
}
else {
print "The string is valid<br/>\n";
}
print "<h3>Validating name</h3>\n";
// eregi is a case-insensitive version of ereg
if (!eregi("^[a-z]+,[ ]?[a-z]+$", $name)) {
print "Invalid name<br/>\n";
}
else {
print "The name is valid<br/>\n";
}
print "<h3>Validating phone number</h3>\n";
// parentheses are backslashed since they have a special meaning
// in regular expression otherwise
if (!ereg("^\([0-9]{3}\)[ ]?[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$", $phone)) {
print "Invalid phone number<br/>\n";
}
else {
print "The phone number is valid<br/>\n";
}
// write regular expression to validate city-state and zip code
?>
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