(2003-2009) * @author Froxlor team (2010-) * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt * @package Functions * @version $Id$ */ /** * Returns if an username is in correct format or not. * * @param string The username to check * @return bool Correct or not * @author Michael Duergner * * @changes Backported regex from SysCP 1.3 (lib/classes/Syscp/Handler/Validation.class.php) */ function validateUsername($username, $unix_names = 1, $mysql_max = '') { if($unix_names == 0) { if(strpos($username, '--') === false) { return (preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9\-_]{1,' . (int)($mysql_max - 1) . '}[a-z0-9]{1}$/Di', $username) != false); } else { return false; } } else { return (preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9]{1,' . $mysql_max . '}$/Di', $username) != false); } }