2 /* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
4 * Functions for cleanup of user input.
11 * Removes all variables from request except whitelisted ones.
13 * @param string list of variables to allow
16 * @author Michal Cihar (michal@cihar.com)
18 function PMA_remove_request_vars(&$whitelist)
20 // do not check only $_REQUEST because it could have been overwritten
21 // and use type casting because the variables could have become
23 $keys = array_keys(array_merge((array)$_REQUEST, (array)$_GET, (array)$_POST, (array)$_COOKIE));
25 foreach($keys as $key) {
26 if (! in_array($key, $whitelist)) {
27 unset($_REQUEST[$key], $_GET[$key], $_POST[$key], $GLOBALS[$key]);
29 // allowed stuff could be compromised so escape it
30 // we require it to be a string
31 if (isset($_REQUEST[$key]) && ! is_string($_REQUEST[$key])) {
32 unset($_REQUEST[$key]);
34 if (isset($_POST[$key]) && ! is_string($_POST[$key])) {
37 if (isset($_COOKIE[$key]) && ! is_string($_COOKIE[$key])) {
38 unset($_COOKIE[$key]);
40 if (isset($_GET[$key]) && ! is_string($_GET[$key])) {