Re: htmlspecialchars() alias

Hi, > After typing the 16 characters in the htmlspecialchars() function thousands > of times... When you have to type it 16 times, then you did something wrong. Consider this: foreach($_GLOBAL as $key => $val) $$key = htmlspecialchars($val); Replace $_GLOBAL by $_COOKIES, $_GET, .. OR you could just group together variables: <input type="text" name="form[name]" ..> and go through $form in your script. > I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an alias for this > function, say hsc() or something short. > [..] > It is no big deal, but for a function that is used ALL THE TIME, it would > be nice. why do something in C, when it can be done in PHP so nicely: function hsc(&$var) { $var = htmlspecialchars($var); } Alias are terrible. The decrease readability of your code. Actually doing hsc() in PHP is compareable silly. Kind Regards, Daniel Lorch -- @echo "Hello, World";