| private static validateNamingConvention ( string $name ) : string | ||
| $name | string | the name to validate |
| return | string | the validated version of the submitted name |
private static function validateNamingConvention($name)
{
$name = iconv("UTF-8", "ASCII//TRANSLIT", $name);
// Prepend the string a to names that begin with anything but a-z This is to make a valid name
if (preg_match('/^[A-Za-z_]/', $name) == false) {
$name = self::NAME_PREFIX . ucfirst($name);
}
return preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_x7f-xff]*/', '', preg_replace('/^[^a-zA-Z_x7f-xff]*/', '', $name));
}