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Form Data Validator: Validate submitted form input values

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form-data-validator 1.0GNU General Publi...5.2HTTP, PHP 5, Validation
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This class can validate submitted form input values.

It can take an array with accepted form inputs and required inputs and validates a given $_POST or $_GET array with submitted form values.

The class returns an array with validated form values and validation errors.

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Example

<h3>Simple validator class for form data</h3>
<?php
/*
 * Teszt for FormDataValidator class
 */
if (isset($_POST) && count($_POST) > 0) {
  echo
"<pre>Validation start.<hr>POST data<br>---<br>";
 
var_export($_POST);
  require_once
'formDataValidator.class.php';
 
$accepted = array('name', 'nick', 'email', 'message');
 
$required = array('name', 'nick', 'message');
 
$validator = new FormDataValidator($_POST, $accepted, $required);
 
$resp = $validator->validate();
  echo
"<br>After validation<br>";
 
var_export($resp);
  echo
"</pre>";
}

 
?>
<p>Please fill and put the following form:</p>
  <form method="post" action="index.php">
    Name*: <input type="text" name="name" value="<?php print trim($_POST['name']); ?>" /><br>
    Nick: <input type="text" name="nick" value="<?php print trim($_POST['nick']); ?>" /><br>
    E-mail*: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php print trim($_POST['email']); ?>" /><br>
    Message*: <input type="text" name="message" value="<?php print trim($_POST['message']); ?>" /><br>
    Not accepted: <input type="text" name="sample" value="<?php print trim($_POST['sample']); ?>" /><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Send"/>
  </form>


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Plain text file formDataValidator.class.php Class The main class
Accessible without login Plain text file index.php Example Test file for the class
Accessible without login Plain text file output.txt Output Sample output from index.php

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Provides a good validation class skeleton.
9 years ago (J Diamond)
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This is a good and useful class :-)
9 years ago (José Filipe Lopes Santos)
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