[aur-dev] [PATCH] acctfuncs.inc.php: Change return type of valid_username function

canyonknight canyonknight at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 17:15:35 EST 2013


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 at 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



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