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Built-In Validation Patterns
FormBuilder has a huge number of built-in regular expressions you
can use with the validate option:
| Tag |
Description |
| VALUE |
is any type of non-null value
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| WORD |
is a word (\w+)
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| NAME |
matches [a-zA-Z] only
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| FNAME |
person's first name, like "Jim" or "Joe-Bob"
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| LNAME |
person's last name, like "Smith" or "King, Jr."
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| NUM |
number, decimal or integer
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| INT |
integer
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| FLOAT |
floating-point number
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| PHONE |
phone number in form "123-456-7890" or "(123) 456-7890"
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| INTPHONE |
international phone number in form "+prefix local-number"
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| EMAIL |
email addr in form "name@host.domain"
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| CARD |
credit card, including Amex, with or without -'s
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| DATE |
date in format MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY
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| MMYY |
date in format MM/YY or MMYY
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| MMYYYY |
date in format MM/YYYY or MMYYYY
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| CCMM |
strict checking for valid credit card 2-digit month ([0-9]|1[012])
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| CCYY |
valid credit card 2-digit year
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| ZIPCODE |
US postal code in format 12345 or 12345-6789
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| STATE |
valid two-letter state in all uppercase
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| IPV4 |
valid IPv4 address
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| NETMASK |
valid IPv4 netmask
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| FILE |
UNIX format filename (/usr/bin)
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| WINFILE |
Windows format filename (C:\windows\system)
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| MACFILE |
MacOS format filename (folder:subfolder:subfolder)
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| HOST |
valid hostname (some-name)
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| DOMAIN |
valid domainname (www.i-love-bacon.com)
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| ETHER |
valid ethernet address using either : or . as separators
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To make use of any of these, just specify them along with the
corresponding field name in the validate option
to new():
$form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
fields => \@fields,
validate => {
first_name => 'FNAME',
last_name => 'LNAME',
email => 'EMAIL',
phone => 'PHONE',
card_type => 'NAME',
card_number => 'CARD',
exp_date => 'MMYY',
}
);
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