2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/request/request.php b/phpBB/phpbb/request/request.php
index ea9854894c..f0f2f7e2a2 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/request/request.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/request/request.php
@@ -416,4 +416,27 @@ class request implements \phpbb\request\request_interface
 	{
 		return $this->input[$super_global];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritdoc}
+	 */
+	public function escape($var, $multibyte)
+	{
+		if (is_array($var))
+		{
+			$result = array();
+			foreach ($var as $key => $value)
+			{
+				$this->type_cast_helper->set_var($key, $key, gettype($key), $multibyte);
+				$result[$key] = $this->escape($value, $multibyte);
+			}
+			$var = $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$this->type_cast_helper->set_var($var, $var, 'string', $multibyte);
+		}
+
+		return $var;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/request/request_interface.php b/phpBB/phpbb/request/request_interface.php
index 3236f73990..47b3b3a4ed 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/request/request_interface.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/request/request_interface.php
@@ -142,4 +142,14 @@ interface request_interface
 	* @return	array	The original array of the requested super global.
 	*/
 	public function get_super_global($super_global = \phpbb\request\request_interface::REQUEST);
+
+	/**
+	 * Escape a string variable.
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed	$value		The contents to fill with
+	 * @param bool	$multibyte	Indicates whether string values may contain UTF-8 characters.
+	 * 							Default is false, causing all bytes outside the ASCII range (0-127) to be replaced with question marks.
+	 * @return string|array
+	 */
+	public function escape($value, $multibyte);
 }