> Also, I think you're getting confused over the zero with exactly what
> you are asking PHP to do. filter_var() returns true if the filter
> matches. If the 0 match is returned as a false, then filter_var() will
filter_var() actually returns the filtered data if the filter matches,
and FALSE if it doesn't. That's the whole point of the filter_XXX
functions; to pass a tainted value through a filter and get a clean,
"safe" value out the other end:
$tainted = get_user_input();
$clean = filter_var($tainted, [FILTER_CONSTANT]);
// now use $clean and never touch $tainted again
>From the original code above, it looks like the OP was
misunderstanding the use of filter_var() and expecting it to return a
boolean.
Ben
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