NAME

Data::FormValidator::Filters::HTMLStrip - Filter that removes html tags from input

SYNOPSIS

use Data::FormValidator::Filters::HTMLStrip qw( html_strip );

# Build a Data::FormValidator Profile:
my $my_profile = {
    required => qw( text ),
    field_filters => {
        text => html_strip,
    },
};

# Be sure to use a CGI.pm object as the form input
# when using this filter
my $q = new CGI;
my $dfv = Data::FormValidator->check($q,$my_profile);

DESCRIPTION

This is a Data::FormaValidator filter that acts as a wrapper for HTML::Strip. It removes html tags from variable data to help protect against cross-site scripting attacks.

FILTERS

html_strip

This will create a filter that will strip html tags from the value of filtered variables. This assists in protecting cross site scripting exploits from users attempting to embed html tags into input fields.

SEE ALSO

Data::FormValidator

AUTHOR

David Baxter <david@sitesuite.com.au>

CREDITS

Thanks to SiteSuite (http://www.sitesuite.com.au) for funding the development of this plugin and for releasing it to the world.

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008, SiteSuite. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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