What is it?
phpInputValidator is an Open Source input validation and filtering library written in PHP.
What can it do?
Here is a none exhausted list of what it can do:
- Fetch data from
- POST
- GET
- REQUEST
- COOKIE
- SESSION
- SERVER
- Validate fetched data using
- Common PHP type checking function
- Custom type checking function
- Your custom made type checking function
- Filter data according to
- Size
- Length
- Valid possible values
- Invalid values
- Regex
- Watch for and respond to security attacks
- Typecast data to be returned (if valid)
- Strip HTML
- Purify HTML
- Add slashes
- Strip slashes
- Clean up string data
How does it work?
Please see the examples.
Or the demo.
Why do I need it?
It will allow you to safely fetch and validate any input to your program/page. It will save you lots of time.
It will also improve security on your site greatly.
Also how about instead of all this code:
if (isset($_POST['uid'])) {
$uid = (int)$_POST['uid'];
if ($uid <= 2) {
$uid = null;
}
} else {
$uid = null;
}
You could do:
$uid = $getvar->get(‘uid’, ‘POST’, ‘int’, array(‘min_between’ => 3));
I need more help?
Please see the forums.
I found a bug
Please either post on the forums or see the tickets.
I found an exploit
Please either send me a private message on the forums or you can email me technocrat @ this site’s url.
I would like to suggest a new filter or other change
Please post your request here
I like being on the cutting edge, can I see the SVN?
Yes. See assembla
Can I help on the project?
If you know PHP programming, sure. Simply contact me on the forums or you can email me technocrat @ this site’s url
