How to use PHP to check form field for specific value?

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The value '7' would need to be inserted or else the form field will be invalid; so invalid with all other numbers then 7.

if(empty($_POST['captcha']))
{
    $this->add_error("Did you solve the captcha?");
    $ret = false;
}

Works to check if any value -- but I need to specify, must be 7.

if(strlen($_POST['captcha']) =!7) // tried this but form completely died or disappeared
{
    $this->add_error("Did you solve the captcha?");
    $ret = false;
}

Hey @Jack this was the answer, man. If you wanted to post

Lieutenant Dan
– Lieutenant Dan

2014-09-03 00:12:52 +00:00
Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 0:12 — Lieutenant Dan
– Lieutenant Dan, Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 0:12

Ja͢ck · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-03 00:15:18Z

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There are two things to note here:

You shouldn't use empty() here, because "0" is considered empty as well and it seems like it could be the answer of an equation; use isset() instead to just check whether the value is part of the request.
You're trying to check the length of $_POST['captcha'] instead of comparing its value.

So:

if (!isset($_POST['captcha']) || $_POST['captcha'] != 7) {
    $this->add_error('Did you solve the captcha?');
    $ret = false;
}

answered Sep 3, 2014 at 0:15

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:21:40Z

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You have two problems:

=! should be !=. See comparison operators.

if(strlen($_POST['captcha']) != 7)

You also need to turn on error reporting.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:21

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answered Sep 2, 2014 at 23:55

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