filter Extension for safely dealing with input parameters derick Derick Rethans derick@php.net lead rasmus Rasmus Lerdorf rasmus@php.net lead The Input Filter extension is meant to address this issue by implementing a set of filters and mechanisms that users can use to safely access their input data. PHP beta 0.10.0 2006-05-14 - Fixed PECL bug #6136, ini_set should not be able to change the filter.default (Pierre) - Fixed PECL bug #6639: uppercase hexadecimal digits are not supported - Fixed PECL bug #7733, Float exponential weird result (Pierre) - Fixed PECL bug #7715, Input_get float error (Pierre) - Implemented PECL req #6641: negative values for hexadecimal and octal numbers are not supported. - Added support for php pcre expressions (Pierre) - Fixed Possible leak in internal sapi_filter (Pierre) - Added input_get_args, fetches all input in one call (Pierre) - Added FILTER_FLAG_SCALAR and FILTER_FLAG_ARRAY , allows or not array values (Pierre) - Basic IPv6 (no option yet, only the syntax is verified) (Pierre) - Add support for custom decimal separator (Pierre) - INT and Float filters trim the values before the validations (spaces only) (Pierre) - input_get and input_get_args returns now FALSE when the validation failed and NULL when the variable has not been found (Pierre) - Added JIT support