Using # in password

[wwonderfull]

When registering in signup is there any restriction using # in password for example.... james#1738. The database does not seem accept # inside the password although I am testing it in wamp server any idea?

[Pablo]

For security reasons, the login forms only accepts ASCII characters.
If you want more control then you can convert the login form to a standard form and change the validation in the script.

[wwonderfull]

For security reasons, the login forms only accepts ASCII characters.
If you want more control then you can convert the login form to a standard form and change the validation in the script.

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}
   else
   if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-_!@$]{1,50}$/", $newusername))
   {
      $error_message = 'Username is not valid, please check and try again!';
   }
   else
   if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-_!@$]{1,50}$/", $newpassword))
   {
      $error_message = 'Password is not valid, please check and try again!';
   }
   else
   if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-_!@$.' &]{1,50}$/", $newfullname))
   {
      $error_message = 'Fullname is not valid, please check and try again!';
   }

would adding a "#" inside of (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-_!@#$]{1,50}$/", $newpassword)) do the trick ? Can you please give the code example if I am incorrect.

[Pablo]

I'm sorry, I cannot help you with custom code.
But you are right tat this regular expressions must be modified.

[wwonderfull]

That code up there was generated from the converted signup form. But I did some search and got a website where we can validate our password expressions https://regexr.com/ I hope others find it useful too. I like it