Ionizer

, _(*1)

Ionizer provides strict typing and input validation for dynamic inputs (i.e. HTTP request parameters). Requires PHP 7 or higher., _(*2)

What is Ionizer?

Ionizer is a structured input filtering system ideal for HTTP form data., _(*3)

Why is Ionizer important?

Aside from the benefits of being able to strictly type your applications that accept user input, Ionizer makes it easy to mitigate some NoSQL injection techniques., _(*4)

Installing

Get Composer, then run the following:, _(*5)

composer require paragonie/ionizer

Usage

<?php

use ParagonIE\Ionizer\GeneralFilterContainer;
use ParagonIE\Ionizer\Filter\{
    StringFilter,
    AllowList
};

// Define properties to filter:
$ic = new GeneralFilterContainer();
$ic->addFilter(
        'username',
        (new StringFilter())->setPattern('^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{3,24}$')
    )
    ->addFilter('passphrase', new StringFilter())
    ->addFilter(
        'domain',
        new AllowList('US-1', 'US-2', 'EU-1', 'EU-2')
    );

// Invoke the filter container on the array to get the filtered result:
try {
    // $post passed all of our filters.
    $post = $ic($_POST);
} catch (\TypeError $ex) {
    // Invalid data provided.
}

Ionizer can even specify structured input with some caveats., _(*6)

<?php

use ParagonIE\Ionizer\GeneralFilterContainer;
use ParagonIE\Ionizer\Filter\{
    IntFilter,
    IntArrayFilter,
    StringArrayFilter,
    StringFilter
};

$ic = new GeneralFilterContainer();
    // You can type entire arrays at once:
$ic->addFilter('numbers', new IntArrayFilter())
    ->addFilter('strings', new StringArrayFilter())

    // You can also specify subkeys, separated by a period:
    ->addFilter('user.name', new StringFilter())
    ->addFilter('user.unixtime', new IntFilter());

$input = [
    'numbers' => [1, 2, 3],
    'strings' => ['a', 'b'],
    'user' => [
        'name' => 'test',
        'unixtime' => time()
    ]    
];

try {
    $valid = $ic($input);
} catch (\TypeError $ex) {
}

Support Contracts

If your company uses this library in their products or services, you may be interested in purchasing a support contract from Paragon Initiative Enterprises., _(*7)