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    <p>I have a simple filtering function for data that I'm receiving from POST, and for another variable (it will be part of the SESSION array, but in development is in an array of its own). The POST data is handled by the function exactly as expected, whereas the other variable, <code>$sess['iid']</code>, <strong><em>always</em></strong> fails. Why?</p> <p>I can work around this, but I hate not to understand why it's happening.</p> <p>The filtering function:</p> <pre><code>function filterNumber($fin) { if( ctype_digit( $fin ) ) { $fout = $fin; } else { $fout = 0; } return $fout; } </code></pre> <p>I am strict about naming variables, so the POST array is transferred into <code>$dirty[]</code>, and then <code>$clean[]</code> (for entry into the database) is produced by applying the appropriate filter to <code>$dirty[]</code>. The exact same sequence is applied to <code>$sess['iid']</code>.</p> <p>Examples of each stage:</p> <pre><code> $dirty['iid'] = $sess['iid']; $dirty['liverpool'] = $_POST['liverpool']; $clean['iid'] = filterNumber($dirty['iid']); $clean['liverpool'] = filterNumber($dirty['liverpool']); </code></pre> <p>The first step - <code>$sess['iid']</code> to <code>$dirty['iid]</code> - works, just as the POST variables do. </p> <p>But the second, <code>$dirty['iid']</code> to <code>$clean['iid']</code> via <code>filterNumber()</code>, results in a value of 0, regardless of what I put into <code>$sess['iid']</code>.<br> This also happens if I eliminate the <code>$dirty['iid']</code> step.</p>
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    1. COShowcase a `var_dump()` of your `$dirty['iid']`.
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    2. COWhat is **whatever**? It gives output as expected if `$dirty['iid']` has only digits
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    3. COThe numeric values must be only integers, it will not work with float. http://php.net/manual/en/function.ctype-digit.php
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