Joomla Development: Possible XML Filters

Applies to:
  • Joomla! CMS 2.5.x

Joomla Filter: Validation OnSave
  • INT Forces the value to be an Integer

  • UINT Forces the value to be an absolute number (-4.2 becomes 4.2)

  • FLOAT Forces the value to be a floating point value

  • BOOL Forces the value to be true or false

  • WORD Strips anything that is not letters (including numbers)

  • ALNUM Forces the value to be alphanumeric (Letters and numbers only. No special characters)

  • CMD Forces the value to be alphanumeric plus the following three special characters _ (underscore) . (dot) - (dash)

  • BASE64 Forces the value to be a base64 encoded the string. Note it does not encode the string, it simply strips characters that may not exist in a base 64 encoded string.

  • STRING Removes HTML

  • HTML Allows basic HTML

  • ARRAY Forces value to be an array

  • PATH Forces value to be a file path

  • USERNAME Forces value to only contain characters allowed in the selection of a Joomla username

  • UNSET Completely remove any input

  • RAW Allow any content

  • URL Forces content to be a URL

  • TEL Forces content to be a properly formatted US phone number

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