PHP Validation Add validation that checks title and message

PHP - Validation

Add validation that checks:

$title and $message both have a minimum length of 3.

title has a maximum length of 32 characters.

$message has a maximum length of 52 characters.

If any of the three validation rules fail, print a status of 432 and an error message of what is wrong with the user input. The JSON response should look like:

If the user submitted a successful post, save the record using the provided Thread class. Set the timeposted set to when the item was submitted. Make the thread visible as soon as its submitted. Print a status code of 200. The JSON response should look like:

Add your code to newthread.php. Test your script by running:

newthread.php

Solution

<?php

if ($argc != 3)
{
throw new Exception(\'Invalid number of arguments provided\');
}

$title = $argv[1];
$message = $argv[2];

$thread = new Thread();

// Actual implementation below

if(strlen($title) < 3)
{
$json = \'{\"status\" : 432,\"error\" : \"title field too short\"}\';
}
else if(strlen($title) > 32)
{
$json = \'{\"status\" : 432,\"error\" : \"title field too long\"}\';
}
else if(strlen($message) < 3)
{
$json = \'{\"status\" : 432,\"error\" : \"message field too short\"}\';
}
elseif(strlen($message) > 52)
{
$json = \'{\"status\" : 432,\"error\" : \"message field too long\"}\';
}
else
{
//$timestamp = time(). \' \'. date(\'Y-m-d\');
$timestamp = date(\"m/d/y G:i:s\");
echo($timestamp.\" UTC\");
$json = \'{\"status\" : 200}\';
}

echo \' \' . $json;