Simple class used to sanitize, filter and cast data.
This project is open source and available under the MIT License.
- PHP
^8.0
composer require bayfrontmedia/php-sanitize
Description:
Ensures a given variable will be returned as a specific type. Defaults to "string".
Parameters:
$var
(mixed)$type = 'string'
(string)
Valid $type
values are:
int
float
bool
object
array
string
Returns:
- (mixed)
Example:
use Bayfront\Sanitize\Sanitize;
$input = '1.42';
echo Sanitize::cast($input, 'float');
Description:
Filters string for valid email characters.
Parameters:
$email
(string)
Returns:
- (string)
Example:
use Bayfront\Sanitize\Sanitize;
echo Sanitize::email('email@example.com');
Description:
Filters string for valid URL characters.
Parameters:
$url
(string)
Returns:
- (string)
Example:
use Bayfront\Sanitize\Sanitize;
echo Sanitize::url('https://www.example.com);
Description:
Filters string for valid path syntax, with optional trailing slash.
This method removes any whitespace, spaces, and leading slashes. It will also convert reverse and multiple slashes to one single forward slash.
Parameters:
$path
(string)$trailing = true
(bool): Require trailing slash
Returns:
- (string)
Example:
use Bayfront\Sanitize\Sanitize;
$path = '/some/ bad//path';
echo Sanitize::path($path);
Description:
Escape strings and arrays. Other data types return their original value.
NOTE: Use caution when escaping entire arrays, as strings should typically only be escaped when outputting to HTML.
See: https://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.supported-encodings.php
Parameters:
$value
(mixed)$encoding = 'UTF-8'
(string)
Returns:
- (mixed)
Example:
use Bayfront\Sanitize\Sanitize;
$html = '<a href="#">Hyperlink</a>';
echo Sanitize::escape($html);