Hello,

Some Users register like this: "__________" in My forum.

How to prevent registering like this?

Thanks

I think that's something we need to solve at the Bugs level of miniBB :)
I've never thought about it, but it seems it's just possible in the current version, and it's not solved easily. I'll think about it.

By now you could just ban these users :)

Yeah, I'm doing it. Hope next version will prevent such things :)

Thanks!

Hello again!

I just needed to mention one thing more.. User will not be able register like this also: "_user" (Start with underscores), "56user" (Start with number).

Regards,

I think for verifying username upon registration, I will create a standalone re-writable function similar to parseMessage or parseTopic functions which are now plugged in miniBB. For example, verifyUsername - and there you'll be able to set any kind of conditions, which for any forum may be quite specific.

I think, forbidding digits in front of username is strange, what about nicknames like 50cent or 10000maniacs or 3dognight etc. - they all could make sense from the user end. Forbidding underscores in front still is a good idea, I'll take it into consideration, thanks :)

Yeah, didn't think about it.. :)

That's Great!

That's like !!

Ok, it seems I'm finishing the core miniBB release, and got back to this question. I have updated the Registration script on our forums, so you may now safely test it here for mentioned bugs.

On our forums, usernames are set:

- to have a maximum length of 15 chars
- to contain only alphanumerical chars and '_'
- to not consist of the digits only

Regarding your suggestions, you should not be able to register usernames which:

- have repeatedly multiplied char, like in this topic's title (any kind of char, not just '_')
- start with not a Unicode char, incl. with '_', or any other specific char.

I have made the function universal, so it's possible to override in bb_plugins.php, specifying your very own set of rules and conditions applied to usernames. That's how it will work in the new release.

Prince
You have time to test it before I make it released :)
Thanks.

I didn't get the code, how would I test it? :)

Paul
Thanks, I don't know why I lost in that :)

Paul
I've tested it and it worked as I mentioned, Great!

It's ok like this test_test, but how about this: test34_ (underscore comes after user)?

I tried others and worked but tried this one also: test34_

You see now how important specification is. You have mentioned only underscores in the beginning of the string. The second part of work means additional work. Badly planned task means it will cost you double price. It's a normal practice, if you can't plan your tasks well.

But for miniBB, it's all much easier :) I just added extra line of checking and I believe it should work now. Please test!

Yeah... I didn't think about it until I tested that :)

Yeah, it works great now! :)