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Runtime Configuration

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

Filter Configuration Options
Name Default Changeable Changelog
filter.default "unsafe_raw" PHP_INI_PERDIR PHP_INI_ALL in filter <= 0.9.4. Available since PHP 5.2.0.
filter.default_flags NULL PHP_INI_PERDIR PHP_INI_ALL in filter <= 0.9.4. Available since PHP 5.2.0.
For further details and definitions of the PHP_INI_* constants, see the php.ini directives.

Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.

filter.default string

Filter all $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE and $_REQUEST data by this filter. Original data can be accessed through filter_input().

Accepts the name of the filter you like to use by default. See the existing filter list for the list of the filter names.

filter.default_flags integer

Default flags


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