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JRequest::_cleanVar

Description

Clean up an input variable.

public static function _cleanVar (
        $var
        $mask=0
        $type=null
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$var	mixed		The input variable.
$mask	int	0	Filter bit mask. 1=no trim: If this flag is cleared and the input is a string, the string will have leading and trailing whitespace trimmed. 2=allow_raw: If set, no more filtering is performed, higher bits are ignored. 4=allow_html: HTML is allowed, but passed through a safe HTML filter first. If set, no more filtering is performed. If no bits other than the 1 bit is set, a strict filter is applied.
$type	string	null	The variable type {

• Returns
• Defined on line 544 of libraries/joomla/environment/request.php
• Referenced by
  • JModuleHelper::moduleCache

See also

• JRequest::_cleanVar source code on BitBucket
• Class JRequest
• Subpackage Environment
• Other versions of JRequest::_cleanVar