Improved validation in signup page

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/register.php b/register.php
index d167c2e..a318170 100644
--- a/register.php
+++ b/register.php
@@ -11,15 +11,32 @@
 		<input type="password" name="user_pass_check"><br>
 		<input type="submit" name="submit">
 	</form>
+	<br>
 
 <?php
 include_once 'includes/db_inc.php';
 
-function validate($data)  {
-	$data = trim($data);
-	$data = stripslashes($data);
-	$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
-	return $data;
+function username_exists($dbc, $user_name) {
+	$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_name = ?;";
+	$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($dbc);
+
+	if (!mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
+		die("Error: " . mysqli_error($dbc));
+	}
+
+	mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "s", $user_name);
+	mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
+
+	$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
+
+	if ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
+		return $row;
+	} else {
+		$result = false;
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+	mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
 }
 
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
@@ -31,17 +48,30 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
 	if (empty($_POST['user_name'])) {
 		$errors[] = "You must provide a username.";
 	} else {
-		$user_name = validate($_POST['user_name']);
+		$user_name = $_POST['user_name'];
+		if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/", $user_name)) {
+			$errors[] = "Username can only contain letters, numbers and underscores.";
+		}
+
 		if (strlen($user_name) > 30) {
 			$errors[] = "Your username must be 30 characters or less.";
 		}
+
+		if (username_exists($dbc, $user_name) !== false) {
+			$errors[] = "The username '" . $user_name . "' has already been taken by another user.";
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (empty($_POST['user_pass'])) {
 		$errors[] = "You must provide a password.";
 	} else {
-		$user_pass = validate($_POST['user_pass']);
-		$pass_check = validate($_POST['user_pass_check']);
+		$user_pass = $_POST['user_pass'];
+		$pass_check = $_POST['user_pass_check'];
+
+		if (preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9\W]*$/", $user_name) === false) {
+			$errors[] = "Password contains invalid characters!";
+		}
+
 		if ($user_pass !== $pass_check) {
 			$errors[] = "The two passwords do not match.";
 		}