CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 3402

Joomla | How to filter input string containing html tags

I have a joomla component and trying to filter HTML content from the users input.

$input  = $app->input->post->getRaw('question');

This will getting me the RAW html.

How can I check (The joomla way or custom php function) is it safe before saving into my database?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 958

Answers (2)

user1687176
user1687176

Reputation:

You can convert the input to a string, striping all HTML tags/attributes, this way:

$jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
$input = $jinput->get('question', 'default_value', 'html');

Official Documentation: Retrieving request data using JInput

Upvotes: 1

emmanuel
emmanuel

Reputation: 9615

Joomla has an automatic function for that, please check System -> Global Configuration -> Text Filters and set the appropriate filtering for your user group.

If you want to do that with php, you could use strip_tags() function. Your result would be like:

$input  = strip_tags($app->input->post->getRaw('question'));

Good Luck!

Upvotes: 1

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