filter_var_array

PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8

filter_var_array - Gets multiple variables and optionally filters them

Code Examples

Example #1 A filter_var_array example

Result: array(6) { ["product_id"]=> string(17) "libgd%3Cscript%3E" ["component"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(10) } ["versions"]=> string(6) "2.0.33" ["doesnotexist"]=> NULL ["testscalar"]=> bool(false) ["testarray"]=> array(1) { [0]=> int(2) } }

<?php
$data = array(
    'product_id'    => 'libgd<script>',
    'component'     => '10',
    'versions'      => '2.0.33',
    'testscalar'    => array('2', '23', '10', '12'),
    'testarray'     => '2',
);
$args = array(
    'product_id'   => FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED,
    'component'    => array('filter'    => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
                            'flags'     => FILTER_FORCE_ARRAY, 
                            'options'   => array('min_range' => 1, 'max_range' => 10)
                           ),
    'versions'     => FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED,
    'doesnotexist' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
    'testscalar'   => array(
                            'filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
                            'flags'  => FILTER_REQUIRE_SCALAR,
                           ),
    'testarray'    => array(
                            'filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
                            'flags'  => FILTER_FORCE_ARRAY,
                           )
);
$myinputs = filter_var_array($data, $args);
var_dump($myinputs);
echo "\n";

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filter_var_array

Example #1 A filter_var_array example

Function filter_var_array:

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