[Spreegem]

I am wanting to see if the variable $username contains any profane words in it, I am using strpos like this . . .

PHP Code:

if (strpos($username, ****) === true)

{

echo 'That does not appear to be a valid username, please try again.';

include 'index.html';

exit();

} 

It keeps echoing no matter what I enter. What am I doing wrong? Thank You in advance.

[wings]

I think your problem is that you have to enter an 'else' statement, otherwise it will just show the only value it knows, for example:

PHP Code:

if (strpos($username, ****) === true) 

{

    echo "That does not appear to be a valid username, please try again."; 

    include 'index.html'; 

}

else

{

    echo "enter w/e you want to tell them that they have a valid username here";

} 

[Sabu]

I think your problem is that strpos doesn't return TRUE in any instance. It's either a number, or FALSE. So perhaps

PHP Code:

if (strpos($username, ****) !== false)

{

echo 'That does not appear to be a valid username, please try again.';

include 'index.html';

exit();

}