michael_sw Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 The aaaa dddd system is VERY limiting. You can basically just have it in fields that can only be in one way, and even then it's limiting. Example: Birth dates dddddd => 830113 => passes! dddddd => 830170 => passes! Whoa? That's not a correct birth date! Let's try it with regexp: /^\d{2}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])$/ I just wrote this so it might not work fully, but my point is, you can match a birth date pretty accurately with regexp. Let's take another example, where you are supposed to fill in which class you are in (ranging from 1 to 11). dd => 1 => does not pass! d => 11 => does not pass! Wait, so either 1-9 does not pass, or 10-11 does not pass? That's not acceptable. Regexp: /^([1-9]|1[0-1])$/ Simple. If I'm not mistaken, your simplified system already makes use of regexp, but adds another layer making it more easy to understand for your customers. The result being that it's VERY limiting and almost useless. Why not add an option to use regexp, for us who know how to use it and need it for our custom profile fields...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IALPA Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Big time agreement. Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanlee Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 This seems to have gone unnoticed but I need some SteamID checking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IALPA Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 In case Stanlee you are subscribed to this topic and you still need this fixed: http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/336406-add-link-to-profile-field-description/page__view__findpost__p__2205689 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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