* @license GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0) * * For full copyright and license information, please see * the docs/CREDITS.txt file. * */ namespace phpbb\request; /** * An interface through which all application input can be accessed. */ interface request_interface { /**#@+ * Constant identifying the super global with the same name. */ const POST = 0; const GET = 1; const REQUEST = 2; const COOKIE = 3; const SERVER = 4; const FILES = 5; /**#@-*/ /** * This function allows overwriting or setting a value in one of the super global arrays. * * Changes which are performed on the super globals directly will not have any effect on the results of * other methods this class provides. Using this function should be avoided if possible! It will * consume twice the the amount of memory of the value * * @param string $var_name The name of the variable that shall be overwritten * @param mixed $value The value which the variable shall contain. * If this is null the variable will be unset. * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface::POST|GET|REQUEST|COOKIE $super_global * Specifies which super global shall be changed */ public function overwrite($var_name, $value, $super_global = \phpbb\request\request_interface::REQUEST); /** * Central type safe input handling function. * All variables in GET or POST requests should be retrieved through this function to maximise security. * * @param string|array $var_name The form variable's name from which data shall be retrieved. * If the value is an array this may be an array of indizes which will give * direct access to a value at any depth. E.g. if the value of "var" is array(1 => "a") * then specifying array("var", 1) as the name will return "a". * @param mixed $default A default value that is returned if the variable was not set. * This function will always return a value of the same type as the default. * @param bool $multibyte If $default is a string this paramater has to be true if the variable may contain any UTF-8 characters * Default is false, causing all bytes outside the ASCII range (0-127) to be replaced with question marks * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface::POST|GET|REQUEST|COOKIE $super_global * Specifies which super global should be used * * @return mixed The value of $_REQUEST[$var_name] run through {@link set_var set_var} to ensure that the type is the * the same as that of $default. If the variable is not set $default is returned. */ public function variable($var_name, $default, $multibyte = false, $super_global = \phpbb\request\request_interface::REQUEST); /** * Shortcut method to retrieve SERVER variables. * * @param string|array $var_name See \phpbb\request\request_interface::variable * @param mixed $default See \phpbb\request\request_interface::variable * * @return mixed The server variable value. */ public function server($var_name, $default = ''); /** * Shortcut method to retrieve the value of client HTTP headers. * * @param string|array $header_name The name of the header to retrieve. * @param mixed $default See \phpbb\request\request_interface::variable * * @return mixed The header value. */ public function header($var_name, $default = ''); /** * Checks whether a certain variable was sent via POST. * To make sure that a request was sent using POST you should call this function * on at least one variable. * * @param string $name The name of the form variable which should have a * _p suffix to indicate the check in the code that creates the form too. * * @return bool True if the variable was set in a POST request, false otherwise. */ public function is_set_post($name); /** * Checks whether a certain variable is set in one of the super global * arrays. * * @param string $var Name of the variable * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface::POST|GET|REQUEST|COOKIE $super_global * Specifies the super global which shall be checked * * @return bool True if the variable was sent as input */ public function is_set($var, $super_global = \phpbb\request\request_interface::REQUEST); /** * Checks whether the current request is an AJAX request (XMLHttpRequest) * * @return bool True if the current request is an ajax request */ public function is_ajax(); /** * Checks if the current request is happening over HTTPS. * * @return bool True if the request is secure. */ public function is_secure(); /** * Returns all variable names for a given super global * * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface::POST|GET|REQUEST|COOKIE $super_global * The super global from which names shall be taken * * @return array All variable names that are set for the super global. * Pay attention when using these, they are unsanitised! */ public function variable_names($super_global = \phpbb\request\request_interface::REQUEST); /** * Returns the original array of the requested super global * * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface::POST|GET|REQUEST|COOKIE $super_global * The super global which will be returned * * @return array The original array of the requested super global. */ public function get_super_global($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); }