PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_STRIPPEDFilters
Complete PHP Filter Reference Manual
Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_STRIPPED filter removes or encodes unwanted characters.
This filter is an alias for the FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING filter.
This filter removes data that is potentially harmful to the application. It is used to remove tags and to delete or encode unwanted characters.
- Name: "stripped"
- ID-number: 513
Possible options or flags:
- FILTER_FLAG_NO_ENCODE_QUOTES - This flag does not encode quotes.
- FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_LOW - Strips characters with ASCII value below 32.
- FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH - Strips characters with ASCII value above 127.
- FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_LOW - Encodes characters with ASCII value below 32.
- FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_HIGH - Encodes characters with ASCII value above 127.
- FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_AMP - Encodes the & character as &
Example
<?php
$var="<b>Peter Griffin<b>";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRIPPED));
?>
$var="<b>Peter Griffin<b>";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRIPPED));
?>
The output of the code is shown below:
string(13) "Peter Griffin"
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