Question

I have an error with a PHP register page I am creating.

<?php
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    if($username < 6 || $password < 6){
        echo 'The username must be longer than 5 characters';   
    }

    else {
    $query = mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (username,password) VALUES ('".$username."',MD5('".$password."'))");
    }
}

?>
<form method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username" maxlength="20" />
<BR>Password: <input type="password" name="password" maxlength="32" />
<BR><input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>

Whenever I click on submit, even if the username and passwords are longer than 5 characters, it keeps saying the error message.

The page links to the database, but this is just the snippet that I am having trouble with.

Thanks

-Nicholas

Answer 1

You need to check if length of username and password is <6 and not $username

strlen($username) <6 OR strlen($password) <6