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PHP

How to validate an email address format

There are several ways of validating an email address format. Normally, I do it the following way: 1. I first define the regular expression for the email format: define (“FORMAT”,”^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$”); 2. To validate the email address provided is correct: if ( !eregi (FORMAT, $email)) echo “The email provided has an […]

Security
PHP

PHP security considerations

When developing a script wether if it’s in PHP or any other language you should always consider the security aspect. I’m sure the last thing you want is to get your script (and ultimately your data) hacked. To make sure this does not happen there are a few steps you […]

MySQL
MySQL

How to identify a MySQL query problem

Sometimes you happen to have a problem with one of your MySQL queries and you simply can’t seem to understand why. Well, one thing that helps is to use the mysql_error() function. This function returns the message of the MySQL error you’re getting. Example: $action = “INSERT INTO table (name, […]