clean_form_input.php

<?php
/*
  Function: clean_form_input

  cleans tainted form data - trims white spaces from the beginning and end of the string, strips added
                             slashes if there are any, and converts any other characters into their HTML
                             equvalents.

  Parameter: $tainted_data - the tainted form data.
*/
function clean_form_input($tainted_data) {

   if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
           $tainted_data =  stripslashes($tainted_data);
   }
   
   $cleaned_data = htmlentities(trim($tainted_data));
   
   return $cleaned_data;
}
?>

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