FilterInput

The Xmf\FilterInput class support cleaning and filtering data
FilterInput::getInstance()
Returns a Xmf\FilterInput object, only creating it if it does not already exist.
It is possible to customize the behavior of FilterInput by passing configuration variables to getInstance(). See the source for more information.
process($source)
Clean the $source, a string or array of values, processing to remove XSS and other bad code.
Returns the cleaned version of $source.
FilterInput::clean($source, $type)
Cleans the input $source removing XSS and other bad code using the defaults. Also, filters the input, conforming to the specified $type. 'STRING' is the default $type.
Available type are the same as documented with the cleanVar() method.
cleanVar($source, $type)
Cleans the input $source with rules established when the instance of FilterInput was instantiated. Also, filters the input, conforming it to the specified $type. 'STRING' is the default $type.
Available type are:
Type
Allowed value
ALPHANUM or ALNUM
Alphanumeric
ARRAY
Recursively cleans each element
BASE64
Base64 encoded
BOOLEAN or BOOL
true or false
CMD
Command - only characters A-Z, 0-9, underscore, dash and period, forced to lower case.
EMAIL
a valid email address
FLOAT or DOUBLE
floating point number
INTEGER or INT
an integer
IP
a valid IP address
PATH
a filesystem or web path
STRING
a string
USERNAME
Username
WEBURL
a web URL
WORD
only letters A-Z and underscore
Returns the cleaned version of $source.

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Type	Allowed value
ALPHANUM or ALNUM	Alphanumeric
ARRAY	Recursively cleans each element
BASE64	Base64 encoded
BOOLEAN or BOOL	true or false
CMD	Command - only characters A-Z, 0-9, underscore, dash and period, forced to lower case.
EMAIL	a valid email address
FLOAT or DOUBLE	floating point number
INTEGER or INT	an integer
IP	a valid IP address
PATH	a filesystem or web path
STRING	a string
USERNAME	Username
WEBURL	a web URL
WORD	only letters A-Z and underscore