/* Script provided by bias.net*/
function validate() 
 
{
/*Check for clean alphanumeric names*/
 
var valid = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ";
 
for (var i=0; i < document.update.firstname.value.length; i++) {
temp = "" + document.update.firstname.value.substring(i, i+1);
if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") {
alert("Please enter a valid first name (only letters or numbers - 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ )");
return false;}
}
 
for (var i=0; i < document.update.surname.value.length; i++) {
temp = "" + document.update.surname.value.substring(i, i+1);
if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") {
alert("Please enter a valid surname (only letters or numbers - 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ )");
return false;}
}

/* check for empty names*/

if (document.update.firstname.value==""){
alert("Please enter a valid firstname(only letters or numbers - 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ )");
return false;}
 
if (document.update.surname.value==""){
alert("Please enter a valid surname (only letters or numbers - 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ )");
return false;}
 
 
/* CHECK EMAIL*/
/* The following variable tells the rest of the function whether or not
to verify that the address ends in a two-letter country or well-known
TLD.  1 means check it, 0 means don't. */
 
emailStr = document.update.email.value;
var checkTLD=1;
 
/* The following is the list of known TLDs that an e-mail address must end with. */
 
var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
 
/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
from the domain. */
 
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
 
/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ] */
 
var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
 
/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed.*/
 
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
 
/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
is a legal e-mail address. */
 
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
 
/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
 
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
 
/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of non-special characters.) */
 
var atom=validChars + '+';
 
/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
 
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
 
// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
 
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
 
/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
 
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
 
/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is valid. */
 
/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
 
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
 
if (matchArray==null) {
 
/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
 
alert("Email address is empty or incorrect");
return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];
 
// Start by checking that only basic ASCII characters are in the strings (0-127).
 
for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths email contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths domain name of the email contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
 
// See if "user" is valid 
 
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
 
// user is not valid
 
alert("The username of the email doesn't seem to be valid.");
return false;
}
 
/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
 
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {
 
// this is an IP address
 
for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
if (IPArray[i]>255) {
alert("Destination IP address of the email is invalid!");
return false;
   }
}
return true;
}
 
// Domain is symbolic name.  Check if it's valid.
 
var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
alert("The domain name of the email does not seem to be valid.");
return false;
   }
}
 
/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
known top-level domain (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
the domain or country. */
 
if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
alert("The email address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
return false;
}
 
// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
 
if (len<2) {
alert("The email address is missing a hostname!");
return false;
}
}