FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL,
// This filter verifies that $_POST['sevendigits'] is
// exactly a seven digit number using a regular expression.
'sevendigits' => array('filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP,
'options' => array('regexp' => '/^\d{7}$/')
),
// Make sure that $_POST['zerototwenty'] is a number
// 0 to 20 using the min_range and max_range specs.
'zerototwenty' => array('filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
'options' => array('min_range' => 0,
'max_range' => 20)
),
// Encode the URL that's supposed to be encoded.
'encodeurl' => array( 'filter' => FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED ),
// Verify that the incoming $_POST['checkboxes'] from
// the checkbox list is actual an array like we expect.
'checkboxes' => array( 'filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT,
'flags' => FILTER_REQUIRE_ARRAY,
),
// This field must be a boolean type. If mustbeboolean is
// "true", "1", "TRUE" or some other value that represents
// true then this will be true. Otherwise, it will be false.
'mustbeboolean' => array( 'filter' => FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN ),
// Make sure that the hidden URL field is a valid
// properly formatted URL.
'validurl' => FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
// This dosen't exist in the form, I'm just using it to show
// what the result will be when an input dosen't exist.
'doesnotexist' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT
);
?>
PHP filter_input_array() Example
Email was empty or invalid";
}
if(empty($inputs['sevendigits'])){
echo "- sevendigits was not seven digits.
";
}
if(empty($inputs['zerototwenty'])){
echo "- zerototwenty was not a number between 0 and 20.
";
}
if(empty($inputs['encodeurl'])){
echo "- encodeurl was empty or invalid.
";
}
if(empty($inputs['checkboxes'])){
echo "- no checkboxes were checked.
";
}
?>