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Tuesday 16 October 2012

Php Filters

10:37 pm

Php Filters

Php Filters :

1.      A php filter is used to validate and filter data coming from insecure sources in the server side.
2.      The php filter extension is designed to make data filtering easier an quicker.
3.      Almost all web applications depend on external input.
The external data is coming from :-
a.       The data submited by the client using a form.
b.      From cookies submitted by client.
c.       From session variables.
d.      From database.
e.       From a web service etc.
By using php filters you can be sure that your application gets the correct input type.
To filter a variable , use one of the following filter functions.
1.      Filter_var() : filters a single variable with a specified filter.
2.      Filter_var_array(): filter several variables with the same or different filters.

3.      Filters_input(): get one input variable and filter it.

4.      Filter_input_array(): get several input variables and filter them with the same or different filters.
The predefined validating filter constants of php are :
1.      FILTER_VALIDATE_INT        (257)
2.      FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN     (258)
3.      FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT
4.      FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL    (274)
5.      FILTER_VALIDATE_URL
6.      FILTER_VALIDATE_IP
7.      FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP

Filter Example program :
<?php
$age = "25A";
$res = filter_var($age,FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
if($res)
      echo "age is valid";
    else
        echo "age is invalid";
    echo "<br><br>";
    $email ="chandu@gmail.com";
    $res = filter_var($email,FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
    if($res)
        echo "email is valid";
    else
        echo "email is invalid";
?>
OutPut:
age is invalid
email is valid

Filter_Test.html:
<html>
    <body bgcolor="cyan">
        <form action="filterTest1.php" method="get">
            <h1> age : <input type="text" name="t1" size="5">
                <br><br>
                Email : <input type="text" name="t2" size="30">
                <br><br>
                website url : <input type="text" name="t3" size="35">
                <br><br>
                <input type="submit" >
                   
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Filter_Test1.php

<?php
echo "<h1>";
$age_options = array("options"=>array("min_range"=>10,"max_range"=>90));
if(!filter_input(INPUT_GET, "t1",FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,$age_options))
        echo "age is invalid<br>";
if(!filter_input(INPUT_GET,"t2",FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
    echo "email is invalid<br>";
if(!filter_input(INPUT_GET,"t3",FILTER_VALIDATE_URL))
    echo "web site address is invalid";
?>
To chaeck whether  a parameter with name of “email” submitted by the client using post method or not.
<?php
If(!filter_has_var(INPUT_POST,”email”))
{
Echo(“input type doesnot exist”);
}
?>

Filter To validate multiple data:

<?php
$filter = array("age"=>array("filter"=>FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,"options"=>array("min-range"=>10,"max-range"=>90)),"email"=>FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
$result = filter_input_array(INPUT_GET,$filter);
if(!$result["age"])
{
    echo ("age must be number between 10 and 90.<br>");
   
}
elseif (!$result["email"]) {
echo ("email is not valid.<br>");
}
 else {
echo ("user input is valid");   
}
?>

1 comments:

  1. Hey you have shared valuable content. Very brief and descriptive as well about the PHP Filters.Thanks for sharing such a nice information with us on PHP and related topics. Very useful lines and to the point. I appreciate your effort , keep sharing such wonderfull things.
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