Buddypress bug: users with spaces in their usernames can’t register

[mcgreggor]

Users who register with spaces in their username (e.g. “John Zorn”) aren’t able to log in because the spaces are converted to hypens (e.g. “john-zorn”). The user however is unaware of this and will try to login with the spaces and uppercase characters resulting in an “unknown user” error.

This bug is not related to your theme but a general Buddypress bug. For now I added some instructions below the field by editing general-register-modal but I was wondering if it’s possible to add extra validation to the name field so that spaces and uppercase characters are no longer allowed?

[SQadmin]

Hi,
You can restrict users from registering with space in the username:

COPY CODE

add_action('bp_init','bpdev_remove_bp_pre_user_login_action');
function bpdev_remove_bp_pre_user_login_action(){
 remove_action( 'pre_user_login', 'bp_core_strip_username_spaces' );
}
 
//add a filter to invalidate a username with spaces
add_filter('validate_username','bpdev_restrict_space_in_username',10,2);
function bpdev_restrict_space_in_username($valid,$user_name){
 //check if there is an space
 if ( preg_match('/\s/',$user_name) )
 return false;//if myes, then we say it is an error
 return $valid;//otherwise return the actual validity
}

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[mcgreggor]

Thanks!

[Josiah]

Where does that code go? theme/functions.php?

[SQadmin]

Hi, This goes to sweetdate-child/functions.php
Make sure to have the child theme activated

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[Josiah]

Worked great!

[edecastro05]

Hello Robert,
Would you be able to repost the code? The link appears it has expired.
Thank you

[Abe]

Hello, I have updated the code above. Droplr files seem that are no longer accessible.

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[edecastro05]

Thank you

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