I want to make sure all of the data in my plugins/themes is handled securely before entering the database and before being output to the browser. My problem is that there are situations where the API handles the sanitization for you — like when saving post meta fields — and others where the plugin/theme author … Read more
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What’s the cleanest, most effective way to validate decimal numbers in JavaScript? Bonus points for: Clarity. Solution should be clean and simple. Cross-platform. Test cases: 01. IsNumeric(‘-1’) => true 02. IsNumeric(‘-1.5’) => true 03. IsNumeric(‘0’) => true 04. IsNumeric(‘0.42’) => true 05. IsNumeric(‘.42’) => true 06. IsNumeric(‘99,999’) => false 07. IsNumeric(‘0x89f’) => false 08. IsNumeric(‘#abcdef’) … Read more
Over the years I have slowly developed a regular expression that validates most email addresses correctly, assuming they don’t use an IP address as the server part. I use it in several PHP programs, and it works most of the time. However, from time to time I get contacted by someone that is having trouble … Read more
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Apache Commons is generally known as a solid project. Keep in mind, though, you’ll still have to send a verification email to the address if you want to ensure it’s a real email, and that the owner wants it used on your site. EDIT: There was a bug where it was too restrictive on domain, … Read more
