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??
* 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.
i see on other forums of IPB members have user names with * character... y cant we have on smf??
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.
hmmm.. got it.. btw.. what will u suggest me if i want to allow members to use this character..
thankx btw..
anyone please??
amigozone, id say it be easier just not allow names with * you could look in register.php there should be an area in there