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 0.9.5 2006-05-01 - Fixed PECL bug #6639: uppercase hexadecimal digits are not supported - 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) - Fixed PECL bug #6136, ini_set should not be able to change the filter.default (Pierre)