The function is only determining whether a username is valid,
so it makes more sense to simply return a boolean value.
Signed-off-by: canyonknight
---
web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php b/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php
index a41659e..cdf4af6 100644
--- a/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php
+++ b/web/lib/acctfuncs.inc.php
@@ -480,12 +480,12 @@ function try_login($dbh=NULL) {
*
* The username must be longer or equal to USERNAME_MIN_LEN. It must be shorter
* or equal to USERNAME_MAX_LEN. It must start and end with either a letter or
- * a number. It can contain one period, hypen, or underscore. Returns username
- * if it meets all of those rules.
+ * a number. It can contain one period, hypen, or underscore. Returns boolean
+ * of whether name is valid.
*
* @param string $user Username to validate
*
- * @return string|void Return username if it meets criteria, otherwise void
+ * @return bool True if username meets criteria, otherwise false
*/
function valid_username($user) {
if (!empty($user)) {
@@ -500,13 +500,12 @@ function valid_username($user) {
# contain only letters and numbers,
# and at most has one dash, period, or underscore
if ( preg_match("/^[a-z0-9]+[.\-_]?[a-z0-9]+$/", $user) ) {
- #All is good return the username
- return $user;
+ return true;
}
}
}
- return;
+ return false;
}
/**
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