SWATFunctions Class Reference

An abstract class containing a number of commonly used web app functions. More...

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	formatTimestamp ($timestamp)
	Format a UNIX timestamp into English.
	getURI ()
	Get the URI of the current script.
	getURINoArgs ()
	Get the URI for the current script, without arguments.
	redirect ($url)
	Redirect to a new URL.
	redirectHTTPS ($req="")
	Redirect to a HTTPS version of a URL, or of the current page.
	removeSpace ($a)
	Remove the spaces from a string.
	safeSql ($a)
	Make input safe to be submitted to an SQL server (new version).
	safeSqlOld ($a, $ignoreBackslash=false)
	Make input safe to be submitted to an SQL server (old version).
	stripArgs ($uri)
	Strip the arguments from a URL.

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Detailed Description

An abstract class containing a number of commonly used web app functions.

Author:

Jonathan (jwsm@shodor.org)

Joel (jfeiner@shodor.org)

Date:

'06-'07

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Member Function Documentation

SWATFunctions::formatTimestamp

(

$

timestamp

)

Format a UNIX timestamp into English.

Parameters:

$timestamp

[string]: The timestamp to format

Returns:

[string]: An english version of the time, described as "Today" or "days/months ago"

SWATFunctions::getURI

(

)

Get the URI of the current script.

Returns:

[string]: The current URI

SWATFunctions::getURINoArgs

(

)

Get the URI for the current script, without arguments.

Returns:

[string]: The current URI without arguments

SWATFunctions::redirect

(

$

url

)

Redirect to a new URL.

Parameters:

$url

[string]: The destination URL

Make sure that all data is synched to the session, then write out a location header that redirects the page to the destination URL.

SWATFunctions::redirectHTTPS

(

$

req = ""

)

Redirect to a HTTPS version of a URL, or of the current page.

Parameters:

$req

[string]: (optional) Destination URL. If none is set, the current URI is used

Generate a version of the URL with a leading https://server, and redirect to that URL. This is generally used when a site needs to bounce a user to a secure login page.

SWATFunctions::removeSpace

(

$

a

)

Remove the spaces from a string.

Parameters:

$a

[string]: Input text

Returns:

[string]: The string without spaces

SWATFunctions::safeSql

(

$

a

)

Make input safe to be submitted to an SQL server (new version).

Parameters:

$a

[string]: Input text

Returns:

[string]: The processed string

Peform limited SQL injection detection, remove/escape offending characters. Does much less than safeSqlOld(), so as not to remove relevant characters.

SWATFunctions::safeSqlOld	(	$	a,
		$	ignoreBackslash = false
	)

Make input safe to be submitted to an SQL server (old version).

Parameters:

	$a	[string]: Input text
	$ignoreBackslash	[bool]:

Returns:

[string]: The processed string

Peform limited SQL injection detection, remove/escape offending characters.

SWATFunctions::stripArgs

(

$

uri

)

Strip the arguments from a URL.

Parameters:

$uri

[string]: Input URL/URI

Returns:

[string]: The URL to the left of the "?", if one exists

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• SWAT/SWATFunctions.php5