Thread: User name with spaces hack

If you would like to allow two names (words) with a space (for NickName) we need to do this:
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goto admin panel, fields builder, join form, click nickname, advanced tab - find:

Code:

preg_match( '/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/', $arg0 ) and !file_exists( $dir['root'] . $arg0 ) );

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Replace with:

Code:

return ( preg_match( '/^[ a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/', $arg0 ) and !file_exists( $dir['root'] . $arg0 ) );

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Be sure everything else including the ( before the preg_match stays the same. This will allow one or two word nicknames, with 0-9 and -.
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Next, open .htaccess in dolphin root - find:

Code:

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 [QSA,L]

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Add this line directly AFTER the above line:

Code:

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)\ ([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1\ $2 [QSA,L]

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That will send the double worded nicks to the profile.php for friendlyurl support (mod_rewrite).
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That's it.

Is it possible to check whether the user has at least two names in the field?

Yes - you could use a preg_match and look for a space...

Remember, if you do use two names, separated with a space, like "joe blow"

your mod_rewrite may need to also be adjusted...

as

http://www.yoursite.com/joe blow

is not good

maybe

http://www.yoursite.com/joe_blow
or
http://www.yoursite.com/joe-blow

or whatever....

Just a comment to consider.

Smoge

Originally Posted by Smoge

Yes - you could use a preg_match and look for a space...

Remember, if you do use two names, separated with a space, like "joe blow"

your mod_rewrite may need to also be adjusted...

as

http://www.yoursite.com/joe blow

is not good

maybe

http://www.yoursite.com/joe_blow
or
http://www.yoursite.com/joe-blow

or whatever....

Just a comment to consider.

Smoge

Smoge could you be a little more detailed? could you please give us some example mod_rewrite code? It seem people are having problems getting this to work correctly my self included.