Use this class ONLY for validation

Thank you for excellent validation functions of your forms class. Our forms are embedded in our hand-written html. So, to create the form itself, I don't have any use for your form class. But when the form is submitted, I would like to use the excellent validation functions to filter input. For example:

<?php

$_POST = array_walk($_POST, 'my_XSS_Filter');

require("forms.php");
$form=new form_class;

$error_txt = '';

if ($form->someValidationFunction($_POST['email'], 'ValidateAsEmail'))
{ $verified_email = $_POST['email'];
}else
{ $error_txt .= 'Please enter valid email. <br />';
}

if ($form->someValidationFunction($_POST['credit_card'], 'ValidateAsCreditCard'))
{ $verified_credit_card = $_POST['credit_card'];
}else
{ $error_txt .= 'Please enter valid credit card. <br />';
}

//Repeat such if statements for every input field of the form

if ($error_txt == '')
{ // process form }
else
{ // process error }

?>


In other words, is there a way to use your "Forms generation and validation" class for just "validation only"? We already have a system for "Forms generation" and need an excellent validation class for checking incoming data on server-side. (We do not perform client-side validation).

Thank you very much for your time.

Hey Manuel,

So, can this class be used for "Validation ONLY" purposes?

Thanks for your help.

Sure, just use the AddInput, LoadInputValues and Validate functions for server side validation purposes.