UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 6 Version 6 Support User cant update profile

One of my registered users can´t update his profile.

When clicking update the respons from UBBT 6.1 is this:<pre>
The email address you provided has an invalid format. Make sure you're entering a valid email address (username@domain.com). A valid email address address is needed in order to mail your password.
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The users email address, wich already has been verified upon regitration looks like this:
<pre> username____@hotmail.com </pre>

My guess is that is it the "_" that is the problem. But what can I do about it, besides have him to change his email?

And if it is the "_" thats is the problem, how could the system accept the address in the first place?

Did you recently disallow 'special characters' in usernames? I suspect that the same test may be applied to email addresses...

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

6.1 does strict syntax checking on email addresses. See line 161 in changebasic.php.

You would either have to modify that code, or manually change the email address in the database.

I´ve had disallow 'special characters' in usernames since I started the forum. So he shopudlnt have been able to register at all with that adress?

Here´s line 161:
<pre> if (!eregi("^[0-9a-z]([-_.+]?[0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*\.[a-wyz][a-z](g|l|m|pa|t|u|v|z|fo)?$", $Email)) {
$html -> not_right($ubbt_lang['BAD_FORMAT'],$Cat);
} </pre>

Can I just ad "_" by putting [_] between, let´s say, [a-wyz] and [a-z]?

/G

That I'm not real sure about. The regex for this check was supplied by a user on threadsdev.com. It seems like the _ should be allowed for but I think it might be the multiple _ characters that's throwing it off. I'll need to actually work with this a bit to see what needs to be changed to allow this type of email address.

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Rick Baker
UBBThreads developer

Ok... I´ll wait! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

It seems that even a single _ in an email address can cause it to break. The worst part about it is it doesn't give a specific error when changing your profile. Only "We Cannot Proceed"

So.... has anything happend regarding this topic?

I still need a fix for it!

Not that I am aware of - I will forward this thread to Rick and see if/when he may have work for it slated.

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

Ok, depending on where you want to allow underscores you can just modify the regex to allow for them. This would change would allow for underscores in any location:

if (!eregi("^[0-9_a-z]([-_.+]?[0-9_a-z])*@[0-9_a-z]([-.]?[0-9_a-z])*\.[a-wyz][a-z](g|l|m|pa|t|u|v|z|fo)?$", $Email))

You'd also need to change changebasic.php as it has the same email address check. I'll get this into the standard code for 6.2.

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Rick Baker
UBBThreads developer

This only appears to allow a single _ - what if a user has multiple in their id?

See my bug report about the email validation for a bit more standards compliant regexp. It allows for multiple consecutive underscores.

No-one has yet commented on the bug report though which is a bit strange since it was filed after this thread and fixes the problem.

/Gardener
www.rollspel.nu

Thank you - I have asked Dave Dreezer, the product manager to comment on this one.

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation