Right now i have this for full name:
if(empty($_POST['full_name']) || strlen($_POST['full_name']) < 4)
{
$errormessage[] = "ERROR.\n";
}
How can i make a validation for full name, so the entered name should contain space?
So like if person enter:
John Andersson
Its ok, but if he enter:
JohnAndersson
its not ok, error. So you would need a "space" in your fullname.
Like this:
if (strpos(trim($_POST['full_name']), ' ') !== false){
// user has specified first and last name
}
elseif (strpos(trim($_POST['full_name']), ' ') !== true){
// user has specified a single name
}
You need to enter the trim function to check for bad names such as:
Justin Alba[space][space]Justin AlbaJustin[space][space]Justin
John does not contain any space character and it is false then.
What you could do is split the string then check then split string parts.
$nameSplit = explode(' ', $name);
if(count($nameSplit) < 2)
{
//Only one name given
}
else
{
$firstName = trim($nameSplit[0]);
$secondName = trim($nameSplit[1]);
if($secondName == '')
{
//No second name given
}
}
You could possibly have two fields, one for first name and one for surname.
I assume you don't want people with one name to fill in your form so you'd exclude Bono, Eminem, Prince, Sting, Bjork, Enya and a few others.
You can do a test like:
$fullName = 'JohnAndersson';
if ( ucfirst(strtolower($fullName)) != ucfirst($fullName) ) {
echo 'It is not valid';
}
ucfirst(strtolower($fullName)) will convert your string to Johnandersson and it is not equals to JohnAndersson so it should contains a space.
