Uppercase nicks to lowercase

[Megakyoto]

Hi again. I really don't know why but I hate uppercase nicks so I'd like to convert them to lower when they're longer than 4 chars. Don't ask me why, call it a mania.

Where exactly in the ucp file is the validation of the nick? Or is it in any other imported library?

Thanks.

[Megakyoto]

Ok done.

In includes/ucp/ucp_register.php after $data = array(...

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// UPPERCASE nicks will be converted to lowercase
if($data['username']==strtoupper($data['username'])){
    $data['username'] = strtolower($data['username']);
}

[AmigoJack]

This is utmost wrong:

1. wrong forum: you don't even say which version you're using
2. wrong method: you'll break UTF-8
3. wrong place: usernames can change
4. wrong approach: why not using CSS to only "cure" what you have a problem with: the display?
5. wrong behaviour: you're enforcing others your taste, without thinking about what you don't want to be forced to

[3Di]

Ok done.

In includes/ucp/ucp_register.php after $data = array(...

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// UPPERCASE nicks will be converted to lowercase
if($data['username']==strtoupper($data['username'])){
    $data['username'] = strtolower($data['username']);
}

you're enforcing others your taste, without thinking about what you don't want to be forced to

following the amigojack's concept, that's IMHO common sense, you should create a condition.. like:

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if(($data['user_id'] = 'YOUR USER_ID' || $data['username'] == strtoupper($data['username']))
{
do your magic here... ;
}
 

Not tested, anyway the concept is: if you are logged in you will be able to see those usernames as you wish.

[3Di]

of course the above NOT tested code doesn't go into includes/ucp/ucp_register.php .. maybe

it is just a kind of 'proof of concept', so to speak.

[Megakyoto]

There is more to my uppercase mania. I also hate subjects or messages in uppercase, so I'll put a condition if 80% of the subject or message is uppercase to change it to lowercase.

Basic netiquette.

[AmigoJack]

That will not only break UTF-8 but also URIs and anything else that's case sensitive, no matter if caps rage or not. But you'll surely go on ignoring what you don't understand.

[Megakyoto]

I may not understand it right now but that does not mean there is a need and it will be met.

So UTF-8 is not an excuse.

[AmigoJack]

You're tampering the data and totally changing its information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lun is another request than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUN. And for your rest you're only affecting latin letters. ＧＯＯＤ ＬＵＣＫ ＷＩＴＨ ＴＨＩＳ ＴＥＸＴ.

[Megakyoto]

You're tampering the data and totally changing its information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lun is another request than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUN. And for your rest you're only affecting latin letters. ＧＯＯＤ ＬＵＣＫ ＷＩＴＨ ＴＨＩＳ ＴＥＸＴ.

For the records I only lowercase whatever is outside brackets and will fix the url issue since there is an autolink feature I forgot.

For anything other than plain ascii I'd ban the troll for subverting the rules.

I love this forum.

[AmigoJack]

Which brings up the question why you won't "solve" your initial problem with banning as well. Just don't blame people for being able to write names in their original form, like México, Straßburg, Москва́, ירושלים or 東京.

[ViolaF]

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-st ... php#105753 *

If you dont need this * signs to convert to a lower counterpart
use always min. mb_strtolower() ** function, which preserve near all utf-8 letters:

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mb_strtolower($data['username'], 'UTF-8');

** http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strtolower.php

and to detect use mb_strtoupper($str, 'UTF-8'); ***

*** http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strtoupper.php

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// UPPERCASE nicks will be converted to lowercase
if($data['username'] == mb_strtoupper($data['username'], 'UTF-8')){
    $data['username'] = mb_strtolower($data['username'], 'UTF-8');
}

[ViolaF]

..or do it just with CSS

Put this in one of the main-css files, which works global:

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.username {
    text-transform: lowercase;
}

because the username-display is always using the class: username

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<a class="username" href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1506761">Megakyoto</a>

[Megakyoto]

If you dont need this * signs to convert to a lower counterpart
use always min. mb_strtolower() ** function, which preserve near all utf-8 letters

That's the right answer. Thanks.


Regarding CSS as suggested by other users, that's not an option, there are plenty of names with multiple words correctly capitalized where all lower would look horrible.

Perhaps some of definitely don't understand the issue since in this forum everybody behaves in a civilized manner, but believe me when I tell you if you start seeing THETROLLESTOFTHETROLLS or THEKINGOFTHEVAGINAS as nicks everywhere you would start reconsidering.

Remember most options are not against civilized user but agains trolls, in all their incarnations.

[david63]

Perhaps some of definitely don't understand the issue since in this forum everybody behaves in a civilized manner, but believe me when I tell you if you start seeing THETROLLESTOFTHETROLLS or THEKINGOFTHEVAGINAS as nicks everywhere you would start reconsidering.

If that is your problem then you are "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted".

Stop it at source and you will have no need for all of this.