Do password fields on registration forms need to be masked?

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• I'm a complete beginner in PHP so I'm not too sure how to code this. I have two php pages: registration.php & outcome.php There is a registration form on the registration.php page. The user needs to type in his/her first name and last name. After the user clicks submit, the value that was in the input field will be copied over to the outcome.php page. <form method = "post" action = "destination.php"> First Name: <input type="text" name="fname"/> </br> Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname"/> </br> <input type = "submit"/> </form> I need to make sure that the first and last name fields are longer than 1 letter. How can I do that? I know I need to use if statements but I just don't understand how to code it. Thank you for your help!

• Answer:

  To reload the form, I think it would be simpler to put both the form and result in to the same file. Just if and else statements to decide which page to show. To check the length, I think there was strlen() function. Something like: if (strlen($_POST['fname']) > 1) { }