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Description

Makes an object safe to display in forms

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Syntax

objectHTMLSafe(&$mixed, $quote_style=ENT_QUOTES, $exclude_keys='')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
&$mixed		An object to be parsed
$quote_style	ENT_QUOTES	The optional quote style for the htmlspecialchars function
$exclude_keys		An optional single field name or array of field names not to be parsed (eg, for a textarea)

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filter/filteroutput.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filter.filteroutput' );

Source Body

function objectHTMLSafe(&$mixed, $quote_style=ENT_QUOTES, $exclude_keys='')
{
        if (is_object($mixed))
        {
                foreach (get_object_vars($mixed) as $k => $v)
                {
                        if (is_array($v) || is_object($v) || $v == NULL || substr($k, 1, 1) == '_') {
                                continue;
                        }

                        if (is_string($exclude_keys) && $k == $exclude_keys) {
                                continue;
                        } else if (is_array($exclude_keys) && in_array($k, $exclude_keys)) {
                                continue;
                        }

                        $mixed->$k = htmlspecialchars($v, $quote_style, 'UTF-8');
                }
        }
}

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