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Function to clean POST variables

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A snippet that allows you to easily clean up your code, done in one go by passing though a series of validations

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  1. // This function is used to clean POST variables.	
  2. function clean($value) {
  3.  
  4. 	// If magic quotes not turned on add slashes.
  5. 	if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
  6.  
  7. 	// Adds the slashes.
  8. 	{ $value = addslashes($value); }
  9.  
  10. 	// Strip any tags from the value.
  11. 	$value = strip_tags($value);
  12.  
  13. 	// Return the value out of the function.
  14. 	return $value;
  15.  
  16. } // End function.
  17.  
  18. //usage simple pass a string to the function and return the data back to the same variable
  19.  
  20. $sample = "<a href='#'>test</a>";
  21.  
  22. $sample = clean($sample);
  23.  
  24. echo $sample;

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