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Input.php

<?php
/**
 * @author     Marco Bunge <[email protected]>
 * @copyright  2015 Marco Bunge
 * Get in touch and follow at twitter http://twitter.com/makk_eightbit! Thank you!
 */

/**
 * Class Input
 */
class Input
{

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $inputInternal = array();

    /**
     * Allowed escape chars for deep sanitize 
     * @var array
     */
    private $defaultEscapeChars = array('"', '\\', '(', ')', '\'');


    /**
     * magic method for receiving any type of input input (exp: $_POST -> Input::getPost() or Input::post())
     *
     * If single input is an array, you need to deactivate filtering: Input::post(false)
     * If you want to get only a few input elements, just add an array with input names: Input::post(true, array('password', 'email'))
     *
     * @param $name
     * @param array $arguments
     * @return array|bool|mixed
     */
    public function __call($name, array $arguments = array())
    {
        $name = strtolower($name);
        //suggest inputType
        //inputType could be Request::get{InputType} or Request::inputType
        $inputType = strpos($name, 'get') === 0 && strlen($name) > 3 ? substr($name, 3, strlen($name)) : $name;
        $filtered = array_key_exists(0, $arguments) ? $arguments[0] : true;
        $only = array_key_exists(1, $arguments) ? $arguments[1] : array();
        $result = $this->getInput($inputType, $filtered, $only);
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Get input by inputType.
     * $only is an array of keys in input and reduce result to giver keys
     * if filtered is set to true input will return filtered by server default filter, otherwise raw input will returned
     *
     * @param string $inputType
     * @param bool $filtered
     * @param array $only
     * @return array
     */
    public function getInput($inputType, $filtered = true, array $only = array())
    {
        $phpInputVarName = '_' . strtoupper($inputType);
        $phpInputType = 'INPUT' . $phpInputVarName;
        $result = array();

        if (array_key_exists($phpInputVarName, $GLOBALS) && defined($phpInputType)) {
            if (!$this->hasInputInternal($phpInputType)) {
                $input = $GLOBALS[$phpInputVarName];
                $inputFilter = array();

                foreach ($input as $key => $value) {
                    $inputFilter[$key] = FILTER_DEFAULT;
                }

                $filterInputType = constant($phpInputType);

                //Fallback since INPUT_SESSION and INPUT_REQUEST not implemented yet
                $filteredInput =
                    $filterInputType === INPUT_SESSION || $filterInputType === INPUT_REQUEST ?
                        filter_var_array($input, $inputFilter, true) :
                        filter_input_array(constant($phpInputType), $inputFilter, true);

                if($input === null){
                    $input = array();
                }

                if($filteredInput === null){
                    $filteredInput = array();
                }

                $this->setInputInternal($phpInputType, $input, $filteredInput);
            }

            $input = $this->getInputInternal($phpInputType);
            $result = $filtered === true ? $input['filtered'] : $input['raw'];
        }

        if (count($only) > 0) {
            $result = $this->reduceArray($result, $only);
        }

        $result = $this->sanitizeDeep($result, $this->defaultEscapeChars, '');

        //sanitize deep
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * @param        $input
     * @param array  $chars
     * @param string $defaultReplacement
     * @return array
     */
    public function sanitizeDeep($input, array $chars = array(), $defaultReplacement = ''){
        if(is_array($input)){
            foreach($input as $key => $value){
                $newValue = $value;
                if(is_array($newValue)){
                    $newValue = $this->sanitizeDeep($newValue, $chars, $defaultReplacement);
                }
                if(is_string($newValue)){
                    $newValue = str_replace($chars, $defaultReplacement, $newValue);
                }
                $input[$key] = $newValue;
            }
        }
        return $input;
    }

    /**
     * @param $inputType
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function hasInputInternal($inputType)
    {
        return array_key_exists($inputType, $this->inputInternal);
    }

    /**
     * @param $inputType
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function getInputInternal($inputType)
    {
        $inputs = false;
        if ($this->hasInputInternal($inputType)) {
            $inputs = $this->inputInternal[$inputType];
        }
        return $inputs;
    }

    /**
     * @param $inputType
     * @param array $raw
     * @param array $filtered
     */
    protected function setInputInternal($inputType, array $raw = array(), array $filtered = array())
    {
        $this->inputInternal[$inputType] = array(
            'raw' => $raw,
            'filtered' => $filtered
        );
    }

    /**
     * @param $data
     * @param array $definition
     * @param bool $add_empty
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function filterInput($data, array $definition = array(), $add_empty = true)
    {
        return filter_var_array($data, $definition, $add_empty);
    }

    /**
     * @param array $array
     * @param array $keys
     * @return array
     */
    protected function reduceArray(array $array, array $keys = array())
    {
        $result = $array;
        if (is_array($keys)) {
            $reducedArray = array();
            foreach ($keys as $key) {
                $value = array_key_exists($key, $result) ? $result[$key] : null;
                $reducedArray[$key] = $value;
            }
            $result = $reducedArray;
        }
        return $result;
    }
}