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When filtering an email address filter_var() will return the filtered data, in this case the email address, or false if a valid email address cannot be found: var_dump(filter_var('[email protected]', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)); var_dump(filter_var('notValidEmail', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)); Results: ...

When filtering a value that should be an integer filter_var() will return the filtered data, in this case the integer, or false if the value is not an integer. Floats are not integers: var_dump(filter_var('10', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT)); var_dump(filter_var('a10', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT)); var_dump(filt...

When validating that an integer falls in a range the check includes the minimum and maximum bounds: $options = array( 'options' => array( 'min_range' => 5, 'max_range' => 10, ) ); var_dump(filter_var('5', FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, $options)); var_dump(filter_var('...

When filtering a URL filter_var() will return the filtered data, in this case the URL, or false if a valid URL cannot be found: URL: example.com var_dump(filter_var('example.com', FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)); var_dump(filter_var('example.com', FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED)); var_du...

we can use filters to sanitize our variable according to our need. Example $string = "<p>Example</p>"; $newstring = filter_var($string, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); var_dump($newstring); // string(7) "Example" above will remove the html tags from $string variable. ...

var_dump(filter_var(true, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)); // true var_dump(filter_var(false, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)); // false var_dump(filter_var(1, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)); // true var_dump(filter_var(0, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL...

Validates value as float, and converts to float on success. var_dump(filter_var(1, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.0, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.0000, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.00001, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var('1', FILTE...

Validates a value is a valid MAC address var_dump(filter_var('FA-F9-DD-B2-5E-0D', FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC)); var_dump(filter_var('DC-BB-17-9A-CE-81', FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC)); var_dump(filter_var('96-D5-9E-67-40-AB', FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC)); var_dump(filter_var('96-D5-9E-67-40', FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC)); v...

Remove all characters except letters, digits and !#$%&'*+-=?^_`{|}~@.[]. var_dump(filter_var('[email protected]', FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL)); var_dump(filter_var("!#$%&'*+-=?^_`{|}~.[]@example.com", FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL)); var_dump(filter_var('john/@example.com', FILTER_SANITIZE_EM...

Remove all characters except digits, plus and minus sign. var_dump(filter_var(1, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT)); var_dump(filter_var(-1, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT)); var_dump(filter_var(+1, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.00, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT)); var_dump(filter_var(...

Sanitze URLs Remove all characters except letters, digits and $-_.+!*'(),{}|\^~[]`<>#%";/?:@&= var_dump(filter_var('http://www.example.com/path/to/dir/index.php?test=y', FILTER_SANITIZE_URL)); var_dump(filter_var("http://www.example.com/path/to/dir/index.php?test=y!#$%&'*+...

Remove all characters except digits, +- and optionally .,eE. var_dump(filter_var(1, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.0, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.0000, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT)); var_dump(filter_var(1.00001, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT)); v...

Validates a value is a valid IP address var_dump(filter_var('185.158.24.24', FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)); var_dump(filter_var('2001:0db8:0a0b:12f0:0000:0000:0000:0001', FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)); var_dump(filter_var('192.168.0.1', FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)); var_dump(filter_var('127.0.0.1', FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)); ...