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newregistration.php

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newregistration.php

This is example code from the SlamZee project and This Side of Sanity, released under Apache License 2.0.

register a new visitor
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Code to register a new visitor.

<?php

/******************************/
/* DisplayRegistrationForm                          */
/* draw form                                                */
/* called from index.php                                */
/* called from visitorauthorization.php          */
/******************************/
function DisplayRegistrationForm()
{

?>

<div id="signuparea">
<h1 align="left" id="signupgradheader">Sign Up</h1>
<h3 align="left" class="signupheader">Always free.</h3>

<form name="login" method="post" action="./index.php?action=createaccount">
<table align="center" border="0" width="100%" style="color:black;">
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="screenname" maxlength="50" size="20" value="Your screen name"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><input type="text" name="firstname" maxlength="50" size="20" value="First Name"></td><td align="left"><input type="text" name="lastname" maxlength="50" size="20" value="Last Name"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><small>Your email is used as unique log-in<br>and will not be shared with third parties.</small></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="email" maxlength="50" size="20" value="Your Email"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="emailrepeat" maxlength="50" size="20" value="Re-enter Email"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="password" maxlength="50" size="20" value="New Password"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="password2" maxlength="50" size="20" value="Repeat Password"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><span  class="signuptext">Birthday</span><br><select name="birthmonth"><option value="0">month</option>
    <option value="1">January</option>
    <option value="2">February</option>
    <option value="3">March</option>
    <option value="4">April</option>
    <option value="5">May</option>
    <option value="6">June</option>
    <option value="7">July</option>
    <option value="8">August</option>
    <option value="9">September</option>
    <option value="10">October</option>
    <option value="11">November</option>
    <option value="12">December</option>
    </select><select name="birthday"><option value="0">day</option>
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
    <option value="3">3</option>
    <option value="4">4</option>
    <option value="5">5</option>
    <option value="6">6</option>
    <option value="7">7</option>
    <option value="8">8</option>
    <option value="9">9</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="11">11</option>
    <option value="12">12</option>
    <option value="13">13</option>
    <option value="14">14</option>
    <option value="15">15</option>
    <option value="16">16</option>
    <option value="17">17</option>
    <option value="18">18</option>
    <option value="19">19</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="21">21</option>
    <option value="22">22</option>
    <option value="23">23</option>
    <option value="24">24</option>
    <option value="25">25</option>
    <option value="26">26</option>
    <option value="27">27</option>
    <option value="28">28</option>
    <option value="29">29</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="31">31</option>
    </select><select name="birthyear"><option value="0">year</option>
     <option value="2013">2013</option>
     <option value="2012">2012</option>
     <option value="2011">2011</option>
     <option value="2010">2010</option>
     <option value="2009">2009</option>
     <option value="2008">2008</option>
     <option value="2007">2007</option>
     <option value="2006">2006</option>
     <option value="2005">2005</option>
     <option value="2004">2004</option>
     <option value="2003">2003</option>
     <option value="2002">2002</option>
     <option value="2001">2001</option>
     <option value="2000">2000</option>
     <option value="1999">1999</option>
     <option value="1998">1998</option>
     <option value="1997">1997</option>
     <option value="1996">1996</option>
     <option value="1995">1995</option>
     <option value="1994">1994</option>
     <option value="1993">1993</option>
     <option value="1992">1992</option>
     <option value="1991">1991</option>
     <option value="1990">1990</option>
     <option value="1989">1989</option>
     <option value="1988">1988</option>
     <option value="1987">1987</option>
     <option value="1986">1986</option>
     <option value="1985">1985</option>
     <option value="1984">1984</option>
     <option value="1983">1983</option>
     <option value="1982">1982</option>
     <option value="1981">1981</option>
     <option value="1980">1980</option>
     <option value="1979">1979</option>
     <option value="1978">1978</option>
     <option value="1977">1977</option>
     <option value="1976">1976</option>
     <option value="1975">1975</option>
     <option value="1974">1974</option>
     <option value="1973">1973</option>
     <option value="1972">1972</option>
     <option value="1971">1971</option>
     <option value="1970">1970</option>
     <option value="1969">1969</option>
     <option value="1968">1968</option>
     <option value="1967">1967</option>
     <option value="1966">1966</option>
     <option value="1965">1965</option>
     <option value="1964">1964</option>
     <option value="1963">1963</option>
     <option value="1962">1962</option>
     <option value="1961">1961</option>
     <option value="1960">1960</option>
     <option value="1959">1959</option>
     <option value="1958">1958</option>
     <option value="1957">1957</option>
     <option value="1956">1956</option>
     <option value="1955">1955</option>
     <option value="1954">1954</option>
     <option value="1953">1953</option>
     <option value="1952">1952</option>
     <option value="1951">1951</option>
     <option value="1950">1940</option>
     <option value="1949">1949</option>
     <option value="1948">1948</option>
     <option value="1947">1947</option>
     <option value="1946">1946</option>
     <option value="1945">1945</option>
     <option value="1944">1944</option>
     <option value="1943">1943</option>
     <option value="1942">1942</option>
     <option value="1941">1941</option>
     <option value="1940">1940</option>
     <option value="1939">1939</option>
     <option value="1938">1938</option>
     <option value="1937">1937</option>
     <option value="1936">1936</option>
     <option value="1935">1935</option>
     <option value="1934">1934</option>
     <option value="1933">1933</option>
     <option value="1932">1932</option>
     <option value="1931">1931</option>
     <option value="1930">1930</option>
     <option value="1929">1929</option>
     <option value="1928">1928</option>
     <option value="1927">1927</option>
     <option value="1926">1926</option>
     <option value="1925">1925</option>
     <option value="1924">1924</option>
     <option value="1923">1923</option>
     <option value="1922">1922</option>
     <option value="1921">1921</option>
     <option value="1920">1920</option>
     <option value="1919">1919</option>
     <option value="1918">1918</option>
     <option value="1917">1917</option>
     <option value="1916">1916</option>
     <option value="1915">1915</option>
     <option value="1914">1914</option>
     <option value="1913">1913</option>
     <option value="1912">1912</option>
     <option value="1911">1911</option>
     <option value="1910">1910</option>
     <option value="1909">1909</option>
     <option value="1908">1908</option>
     <option value="1907">1907</option>
     <option value="1906">1906</option>
     <option value="1905">1905</option>
     <option value="1904">1904</option>
     <option value="1903">1903</option>
     <option value="1902">1902</option>
     <option value="1901">1901</option>
     <option value="1900">1900</option>
     <option value="1899">1899</option>
     <option value="1898">1898</option>
     <option value="1897">1897</option>
     <option value="1896">1896</option>
     <option value="1895">1895</option>
     <option value="1894">1894</option>
     <option value="1893">1893</option>
     <option value="1892">1892</option>
     <option value="1891">1891</option>
     <option value="1890">1890</option>
     <option value="1889">1889</option>
     <option value="1888">1888</option>
     <option value="1887">1887</option>
     <option value="1886">1886</option>
     <option value="1885">1885</option>
     <option value="1884">1884</option>
     <option value="1883">1883</option>
     <option value="1882">1882</option>
     <option value="1881">1881</option>
     <option value="1880">1880</option>
     </select></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left"><input type="radio" name="gender" value="female"><span  class="signuptext"> Female</span></td><td align="left"><input type="radio" name="gender" value="male"><span  class="signuptext"> Male</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><br><small>By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms and that you have read our Data Use Policy, including our Cookie Use.</small></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><br><input type="image" src="./testpict/signupbutton.png" width="194" height="39" alt="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</div><!--signuparea-->

<?php 

} /* DisplayRegistrationForm */

/******************************/
/* ProcessRegistrationForm                          */
/* process form                                            */
/* returns accountname upon success           */
/* returns empty string on failure                */
/* called from index.php                               */
/******************************/
function ProcessRegistrationForm()
{

//create short variable names from POST data
$email= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['email'],'string','');
$emailrepeat= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['emailrepeat'],'string','');
$accountname= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['screenname'],'string','');
$passwd= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['password'],'string','');
$passwd2= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['password2'],'string','');
$firstname= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['firstname'],'string','');
$lastname= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['lastname'],'string','');
$gender= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['gender'],'string','');
$birthday= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['birthday'],'integer','');
$birthmonth= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['birthmonth'],'integer','');
$birthyear= ValidateInputforSQL($_POST['birthyear'],'integer','');

// check that required items in the form are filled in
if ( $email == '' )
  $emailflag = false;
else
  $emailflag = true;
if ( $emailrepeat == '' )
  $email2flag = false;
else
  $email2flag = true;
if ( $accountname == '' )
  $accountnameflag = false;
else
  $accountnameflag = true;
if ( $passwd == '' )
  $passwordflag = false;
else
  $passwordflag = true;
if ( $passwd2 == '' )
  $password2flag = false;
else
  $password2flag = true;

// failure if required items in the form are not filled in
   if ( !( $emailflag AND $accountnameflag AND $passwordflag AND $password2flag ) )
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (1)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">You must fill out the";
      if ( !$emailflag OR !$email2flag )
        echo " both email entries";
      if ( !$accountnameflag )
        echo " account name";
      if ( !$passwordflag OR !$password2flag )
        echo " both passwords";
      echo " - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit; 
   }    

   // check to see if email address is valid
   if (!ValidEmail($email)) /* located in datavalidation.php */
   {
      
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (2)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">You must have a valid email address - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   } 

   // check to see if emails are not the same 
   if ($email != $emailrepeat)
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (3)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"> The passwords you entered do not match - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

   // check to see if passwords are not the same 
   if ($passwd != $passwd2)
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (4)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"> The passwords you entered do not match - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

   // check password length is ok
   // ok if accountname truncates, but passwords will get
   // munged if they are too long.
//   if (strlen($passwd)<6 || strlen($passwd) >16)
   if (strlen($passwd)<4 || strlen($passwd) >16)
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (5)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"> Your password must be between 6 and 16 characters - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

   // check that account name is alphanumeric and starts with a letter.
   if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$/',$accountname) )
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (6)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">Your account name must be only letters and numeric digits and must start with a letter - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

   // check that date items are valid.
   if ( ($birthday <= 0) OR ($birthday > 31) OR ($birthmonth <= 0) OR ($birthmonth > 12) OR ($birthyear <= 0) )
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (7)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">You need to select your birth day, month, and year - please try again.</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

// Must be 13 or older under US law.
if ($birthmonth < 10)
  $firstpart = $birthyear."-0".$birthmonth;
else
  $firstpart = $birthyear."-".$birthmonth;

if ($birthday < 10)
  $secondpart = "-0".$birthday;
else
  $secondpart = "-".$birthday;

$fulldate = $firstpart.$secondpart;

   /* $fulldate = CreateCorrectDate($birthday,$birthmonth,$birthyear); */

   // check that person is older than 13.
   /* $today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); */
   $today = date("Y-m-d");
   $modifiedtoday = Subtract13Years($today); /* located in datavalidation.php */
   if ( $modifiedtoday < $fulldate )
   {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (8)</h1>\n";
      echo "<p align=\"center\" style=\"color:#ff0000\">You must be 13 years or older - please try again.";
      if ( $modifiedtoday == $fulldate )
        echo "<br>Because of time zone differences, you may need to wait until the day after your 13th birthday to sign up.";
      echo "</p>";
      DisplayRegistrationForm(); /* located in newregistration.php */
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
      exit;
   }

/* VALID ENTRY */

/* CREATE ACCOUNT */

   // attempt to register
   require_once('./php/visitorauthorization.php');
   $reg_result = RegisterNewVisitor($accountname, $passwd, $firstname, $lastname,$gender,$fulldate,$email); /* located in visitorauthorization.php */

   if ($reg_result === true)
      {
     // register session variable 
     $_SESSION['valid_user'] = $email;
      echo "<h1>Welcome ".$accountname."!!!</h1>";
      echo "<p>    Your registration was successful.</p>";
global $webpagename; /* config.php */
      }
    else
      {
      echo "<h1 align=\"center\">Problem registering (9)</h1>\n";
      echo $reg_result; 
      return ''; /* indicate failure to login with this return value */
/*      echo "<p style=\"color:#ff0000\"> Preferred account name already taken - please try again.</p>";*/
      }

return $accountname; /* successful registration of new account, return new account name; returning empty string indicates failure */

} /* ProcessRegistrationForm */

?>

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