[PHP] global find and replace

[Didier McGillis]

I have to remove all semi-colons from user input fields that will be sent 
down to our backend system, semi-colons are the delimiter in the messages 
that flow from ur website to our backend system.  How I need this to work is 
not client side but server-side in our pages, I need to do this in the least 
system taxing and easiest to implement.  There are many many files and 
fields that find their way into the system.  I dont necessarly want a PHP 
function.  I am looking for a best pratice for doing a global removal.

Here are the three approaches that I have thought of, although there is 
another one but that is outside my scope as it requires me touching out C++ 
componets.

1.  Down and dirty make a function that will strip each field when it is 
going through its normal validation.  Time consuming and taxing of the 
system.

2.  Strip the semi colons on their way in to the functions that interact 
with the C++ components.

3.  Strip them in the JSI component, which is the layer between JS and C++.

4.  I had thought of stripping the semi-colons in the C++ components myself, 
I thought that would be the best, doing a strip, but I dont know C++ very 
well and I dont know the best way or any way to do that.

Okay you have seen my four obviously briliant ideas, do you have one or do 
you have a way of doing this task easly and quickly.

Please help

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