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 <canyonknight@gmail.com> --- 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; } /** -- 1.8.1.1