(2003-2009) * @author Froxlor team (2010-) * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt * @package Functions * */ /** * Returns if an username is in correct format or not. * * @param string The username to check * @return bool Correct or not * @author Michael Duergner * */ function validateUsername($username, $unix_names = 1, $mysql_max = '') { if ($unix_names == 0) { if (strpos($username, '--') === false) { return (preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9\-_]{0,' . (int)($mysql_max - 1) . '}[a-z0-9]{1}$/Di', $username) != false); } else { return false; } } else { return (preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9]{0,' . $mysql_max . '}$/Di', $username) != false); } }