/**
* Check the signup data of a user and checks if data exist in DB already
* @param type post set of variables passed to view pages
* @return type json
*/
public static function checkSignupData()
{
$post = Core\Input::post();
$username = $post["username"];
$email = $post["email"];
//invalid username
if (!(isset($username) && preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9]*\$/", $username))) {
return json_encode(array('status' => 0, 'errorCode' => 1));
}
$res = Model\User::getUserByUsername($username);
$row = isset($res[0]) ? $res[0] : $res;
$user = User::constructByRow($row);
//username exists in db
if (isset($user)) {
return json_encode(array('status' => 0, 'errorCode' => 2));
}
//invalid email - preg match pattern doesn't work properly; don't know why
//&& preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$/", $email)
if (!isset($email)) {
return json_encode(array('status' => 0, 'errorCode' => 3));
}
$res = Model\User::getUserByEmail($email);
$row = isset($res[0]) ? $res[0] : $res;
$user = User::constructByRow($row);
//email exist in db
if (isset($user)) {
return json_encode(array('status' => 0, 'errorCode' => 4));
}
return json_encode(array('status' => 1));
}
