Namespaces
	Elgg\Core
	Activate a plugin or plugins.

Functions
	get_input ($variable, $default=null, $filter_result=true)
	Get some input from variables passed submitted through GET or POST. More...

	set_input ($variable, $value)
	Sets an input value that may later be retrieved by get_input. More...

	filter_tags ($var)
	Filter tags from a given string based on registered hooks. More...

	current_page_url ()
	Returns the current page's complete URL. More...

	is_email_address ($address)
	Validates an email address. More...

	elgg_make_sticky_form ($form_name)
	Save form submission data (all GET and POST vars) into a session cache. More...

	elgg_clear_sticky_form ($form_name)
	Remove form submission data from the session. More...

	elgg_is_sticky_form ($form_name)
	Does form submission data exist for this form? More...

	elgg_get_sticky_value ($form_name, $variable= '', $default=null, $filter_result=true)
	Get a specific value from cached form submission data. More...

	elgg_get_sticky_values ($form_name, $filter_result=true)
	Get all submission data cached for a form. More...

	elgg_clear_sticky_value ($form_name, $variable)
	Remove one value of form submission data from the session. More...

	input_livesearch_page_handler ($page)
	Page handler for autocomplete endpoint. More...

	_elgg_input_init ()
	Initialize the input library. More...

Variables
return	function (\Elgg\EventsService $events,\Elgg\HooksRegistrationService $hooks)

Function Documentation

_elgg_input_init ( )

Initialize the input library.

Returns: void private

Definition at line 401 of file input.php.

current_page_url ( )

Returns the current page's complete URL.

It uses the configured site URL for the hostname rather than depending on what the server uses to populate $_SERVER.

Returns: string The current page URL.

Examples:: /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 65 of file input.php.

elgg_clear_sticky_form ( $form_name )

Remove form submission data from the session.

Call this if validation is successful in the action handler or when they sticky values have been used to repopulate the form after a validation error.

Parameters

string $form_name Form namespace

Returns: void

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 119 of file input.php.

elgg_clear_sticky_value	(	$form_name,
		$variable
	)

Remove one value of form submission data from the session.

Parameters

string	$form_name	The name of the form
string	$variable	The name of the variable to clear

Returns: void

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 174 of file input.php.

elgg_get_sticky_value	(	$form_name,
		$variable = `''`,
		$default = `null`,
		$filter_result = `true`
	)

Get a specific value from cached form submission data.

Parameters

string	$form_name	The name of the form
string	$variable	The name of the variable
mixed	$default	Default value if the variable does not exist in sticky cache
boolean	$filter_result	Filter for bad input if true

Returns: mixed

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 148 of file input.php.

elgg_get_sticky_values	(	$form_name,
		$filter_result = `true`
	)

Get all submission data cached for a form.

Parameters

string	$form_name	The name of the form
bool	$filter_result	Filter for bad input if true

Returns: array

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 161 of file input.php.

elgg_is_sticky_form ( $form_name )

Does form submission data exist for this form?

Parameters

string $form_name Form namespace

Returns: boolean

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 131 of file input.php.

elgg_make_sticky_form ( $form_name )

Save form submission data (all GET and POST vars) into a session cache.

Call this from an action when you want all your submitted variables available if the submission fails validation and is sent back to the form

Parameters

string $form_name Name of the sticky form

Returns: void

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 103 of file input.php.

filter_tags ( $var )

Filter tags from a given string based on registered hooks.

Parameters

mixed $var Anything that does not include an object (strings, ints, arrays) This includes multi-dimensional arrays.

Returns: mixed The filtered result - everything will be strings

Definition at line 53 of file input.php.

get_input	(	$variable,
		$default = `null`,
		$filter_result = `true`
	)

Get some input from variables passed submitted through GET or POST.

If using any data obtained from get_input() in a web page, please be aware that it is a possible vector for a reflected XSS attack. If you are expecting an integer, cast it to an int. If it is a string, escape quotes.

Note: this function does not handle nested arrays (ex: form input of param[m][n]) because of the filtering done in htmlawed from the filter_tags call.

Parameters

string	$variable	The variable name we want.
mixed	$default	A default value for the variable if it is not found.
bool	$filter_result	If true, then the result is filtered for bad tags.

Returns: mixed

Examples:: /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 27 of file input.php.

input_livesearch_page_handler ( $page )

Page handler for autocomplete endpoint.

/livesearch?q=<query>

Other options include: match_on string all or array(groups|users|friends) match_owner int 0/1 limit int default is 10 name string default "members"

Parameters

array $page

Returns: string JSON string is returned and then exit private

Definition at line 195 of file input.php.

is_email_address ( $address )

Validates an email address.

Parameters

string $address Email address.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 88 of file input.php.

set_input	(	$variable,
		$value
	)

Sets an input value that may later be retrieved by get_input.

Note: this function does not handle nested arrays (ex: form input of param[m][n])

Parameters

string	$variable	The name of the variable
	string\|string[]	$value The value of the variable

Returns: void

Definition at line 41 of file input.php.

Variable Documentation

return function(\Elgg\EventsService $events,\Elgg\HooksRegistrationService $hooks)

Definition at line 406 of file input.php.

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