Name of a variable to get.
The ID of the filter to apply. The Types of filters manual page lists the available filters.
If omitted, FILTER_DEFAULT will be used, * which is equivalent to FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW. * This will result in no filtering taking place by default.
FILTER_DEFAULT
FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW
Associative array of options or bitwise disjunction of flags. * If filter accepts options, flags can be provided in "flags" field of array.
Value of the requested variable on success, FALSE * if the filter fails, or NULL * if the variable_name variable is not set. * If the flag FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE is used, * it returns FALSE if the variable is not set and NULL if the filter fails.
FALSE
NULL
variable_name
FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE
This function is useful for retrieving many values without repetitively calling filter_input().
filter_input()
An array defining the arguments. * A valid key is a string containing a variable name and a valid value is either a filter type, * or an array optionally specifying the filter, flags and options. * If the value is an array, valid keys are filter which specifies the filter type, * flags which specifies any flags that apply to the filter, and options * which specifies any options that apply to the filter. See the example below for a better understanding.
string
array
This parameter can be also an integer holding a filter constant. * Then all values in the input array are filtered by this filter.
Add missing keys as NULL to the return value.
An array containing the values of the requested variables on success. * If the input array designated by type is not populated, * the function returns NULL if the FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE flag is not given, * or FALSE otherwise. For other failures, FALSE is returned.
type
An array value will be FALSE if the filter fails, or NULL * if the variable is not set. Or if the flag FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE is used, * it returns FALSE if the variable is not set and NULL if the filter fails. * If the add_empty parameter is FALSE, no array element will be added for unset variables.
add_empty