https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Error with email addresses containing a ' en Sun, 03 May 2026 20:52:15 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/error-with-email-addresses-containing-a-#post-20265 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:43:24 +0000 yuniar 20265@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Oh.. so it's the validation when creating a new user? In this case, you'll need to edit the "add_user.php" file.<br /> Search around line 89 for this:</p> <pre><code>$user_input[&#39;user_email&#39;] = trim(strtolower($_POST[&#39;au_user_email&#39;]));</code></pre> <p>change it with this one:</p> <pre><code>$user_input[&#39;user_email&#39;] = str_replace(&quot;&#39;&quot;,&quot;&quot;,trim(strtolower($_POST[&#39;au_user_email&#39;])));</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/error-with-email-addresses-containing-a-#post-20222 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:48:11 +0000 ROYW1000 20222@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>This is still not working when I am trying to create a user with an email address of Peter.O'Doherty@website.com to administer the forms.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Roy </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/error-with-email-addresses-containing-a-#post-20208 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 13:40:48 +0000 yuniar 20208@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>You can edit the "includes/common-validator.php" file. Search around line 343 for this code:</p> <pre><code>$value[0] = trim($value[0]);</code></pre> <p>change it to become:</p> <pre><code>$value[0] = str_replace(&quot;&#39;&quot;,&quot;&quot;,trim($value[0]));</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/error-with-email-addresses-containing-a-#post-20183 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:34:19 +0000 ROYW1000 20183@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I can add a user to the form if it contains a ' in the address for example o'doherty.</p> <p>How can the validation be fixed within the script.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Roy </p>