use name Problem

[!RFAN]

whenever my new members try to register an account on my forum with user name having character * they receive an error

The username you tried to use contains the reserved name '*'. Please try another username.

i dont have any reserved name with this character..

whats wrong??

[YogiBear]

* is a character used for wildcards. For example, if you want to use Member Search to find all users on bear.whatever you type *@bear.whatever and the list will appear.

[!RFAN]

i see on other forums of IPB members have user names with * character... y cant we have on smf??

[YogiBear]

Well, it depends on which characters are used as Wildcards and whether Wildcards can be used at all. Same thing when trying to save a file - eg. a song title - in pc programs which won't allow the apostrophe.

[!RFAN]

hmmm.. got it.. btw.. what will u suggest me if i want to allow members to use this character..

thankx btw..

[!RFAN]

anyone please??

[Deaks]

amigozone, id say it be easier just not allow names with * you could look in register.php there should be an area in there