From 120a75e443cf636f08bc8b6400585dd60391ae2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jumpin-banana <jumpin.banana@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:38:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] validate input function. easy to expand

---
 single-functions/validate-input.php | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 single-functions/validate-input.php

diff --git a/single-functions/validate-input.php b/single-functions/validate-input.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bdff90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/single-functions/validate-input.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ *  dolphin. Collection of usefull PHP skeletons.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009  Johannes 'Banana' Keßler
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * validate if given string is correct
+ * this can easily exapnded with more match patterns
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ * @param string $mode
+ */
+ function validateInput($string,$mode) {
+	$ret = false;
+    if(!empty($string) && !empty($mode)) {
+		switch ($mode) {
+			case 'nospace':
+				$pattern = '/[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{P}]/u';
+				$value = preg_replace($pattern, '', $string);
+				if($string === $value) {
+					$ret = true;
+				}
+			break;
+			case 'digit':
+				$pattern = '/[^\p{N}]/u';
+				$value = preg_replace($pattern, '', $string);
+				if($string === $value) {
+					$ret = true;
+				}
+			break;
+    		case 'text':
+				$pattern = '/[^\p{L}\p{N}\p{P}]/u';
+				$value = preg_replace($pattern, '', $string);
+				if($string === $value) {
+					$ret = true;
+				}
+			break;
+		}
+    }
+    return $ret;
+}
+?>
-- 
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