if(!preg_match('/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[A-Za-z])[0-9A-Za-z!@#$%]{8,12}$/', $password)) {
echo 'the password does not meet the requirements!';
}
preg_match('/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[@#\-_$%^&+=§!\?])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])[0-9A-Za-z@#\-_$%^&+=§!\?]{8,20}$/',$password)