Can't use space and special characters in username -what can i do? space in the name is a must for me

Hi Thomas

With latest updates of Joomla, they removed ability to register new users with spaces and special characters.
To keep consistency with Joomla, we had to follow as well

Thanks

Hi Sinisa

the problem with spaces in username was solved by joomla team with version 2.5.17 see here .
But a registration with jomsocial and a username with space in it still does not work thus there is also a problem with existing profiles.

I found a solution and it works for me:

components/com_community/helpers/validate.php

find in line 54:

return (!preg_match( "/[<>\"'%;()& ]/i" , $username ) && JString::strlen( $username )  > 0 );

return (!preg_match( "/[<>\"'%;()&]/i" , $username ) && JString::strlen( $username )  > 0 );

... but there is another problem:

a space at first or last sign and the sign \ should not be allowed

As I read this the differnce between the two strings are the space between & and ] - is that correct?

The thing is that in my version of the validate.php teh space is not there.

correct

Well, they are changing it to often :)

I will notify the developers about this

I understand that you need to follow Joomla.

The problem just is, that when you disallow special characters, you disallow a wide range of letters from non-english alphabets - such as the scandinavian alphabets. This is absolutely not optimal.

@ Morten... Did you fix this issue with the code above from Thomy? I am looking for a fix and was wondering if you tried putting that code in line #54?

I know guys, i come from eastern Europe where we extensively use čćžšđ and similar but the thing is, is that Joomla for quite some time now trying to remove the special characters and spaces from usernames, however, whenever they try, a vast horde of community comes complaining.
I was speaking about this with many members of Joomla! PLT and even on some Joomla days, and the only (and most valid) reason why usernames should never have the special characters in them ais database consistency which i support too (although i use special characters as well)

However, as you said, we need to bind to Joomla rules, so if they reverted it back, we have to as well :)

Hi Sinisa,
I think they reverted it back with joomla version 2.5.17 ?!

Well, actually Joomla 2.5.x shouldnt be affected at all.
This change was planned as final in Joomla 3.0 but obviously it is hard to be implemented.