Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 13:46 -0700, sono...@fannullone.us wrote: >> I have a PHP form that allows end users to request a sample of the >> products we sell. Unfortunately, a person/people have found it and >> are sending in bad requests. We sell only within the US, and so I've >> set up the form so that they must choose one of the 50 States. But we >> keep getting requests with countries in the city field, i.e. "Moscow >> Russia". >> >> Is there a way that I can scan for country names, etc. in the text >> fields and stop a request from going through if it finds one of those >> "banned" words? I've searched for a solution but haven't been able to >> find it. >> >> If this is not enough info, please let me know. Also, I only know >> enough PHP just to be dangerous, so please be kind. =;) >> >> Thanks, >> Frank >> > Why make them enter the details? Let them choose from a select list > instead, forcing them to select a state. > > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >
Ummm... And what if they enter or select Texas? You consider it a valid request even though they are really from Moscow and the other fields may be junk? -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
