Hi,

You might wanna try something like this:

function cleaner($var)
{
     $var = trim($var);
     $var = strip_tags($var);
     $var = ucfirst($var);
     $var = addslashes($var);
     // This line is not required $var = str_replace ("$","",$var);
     return ($var)
}

And to actually use this function you will have to use something like this.

$var = cleaner($var);

Regards,

Amit Arora
www.digitalamit.com

benc11@[...].com wrote:
>  I was able to get the return to work but not the pass in the reference.  
>  One
>  last question, what if I want to have each item on a separate line like:
>  
>  function cleaner($var)
>  {
>  trim($var);
>  strip_tags($var);
>  ucfirst($var);
>  addslashes($var);
>  str_replace ("$","",$var);
>  }
>  
>  $var = "abc's";
>  echo $var;
>  
>  How would I return the results here, I tried various different ways none of
>  them worked?
>  
>  
>  
>  On 6/29/06, Chris <dmagick@[...].com> wrote:
> >
> > benc11@[...].com wrote:
> > > I am trying to create a function to clean up variables that are user
> > > inputted from a form.  I am not getting this script to work.  Can 
> > anyone
> > > help.
> > >
> > > ---Start Script---
> > > function cleaner($var)
> > > {
> > > trim(strip_tags(ucfirst(addslashes($var))));
> > > }
> > >
> > > $var = "abc's";
> > >
> > > echo $var;
> >
> >
> > You need to return the value from the function:
> >
> > return trim(strip_tags(.....)
> >
> > or pass in a reference:
> >
> > function cleaner (&$var)
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Postgresql & php tutorials
> > http://www.designmagick.com/
> >
>  
>  
>  

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