foreach cannot work in this situation has filter_input does not work recursively and work only on the first level of $_POST (or $_GET) so the best solution seems to be to use filter_var($_POST['var']['var2']); Thanks anyway On 23 September 2011 17:13, Thijs Lensselink <dev@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/23/2011 03:17 PM, jean-baptiste verrey wrote: > > seems that the only solution is to still use $_POST and use filter_var > > instead, it could have been better! > You can foreach the $_Post['login'] array and use filter_input on each > iteration to do the filtering. > Or maybe the filter_input_array is a better place to look at. The manual > is your friend. > > http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-input.php > > Besides that. Calling filter_var two times won't kill you! > > On 23 September 2011 14:11, jean-baptiste verrey < > > jeanbaptiste.verrey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> What do you mean? I don't see how I could use foreach there > >> > >> On 23 September 2011 13:31, Al <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On 9/23/2011 5:51 AM, jean-baptiste verrey wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I have using a form that gives me something like > >>>> $_POST=array( > >>>> 'login'=>array( > >>>> 'email'=>'hello@xxxxxxxxx', > >>>> 'password'=>'123456' > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> > >>>> is there a way to use filter_input function to filter the values? I > tried > >>>> filter_input(INPUT_POST,'**login[email]') but it does not work! > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Jean-Baptiste Verrey > >>>> > >>>> > >>> foreach() in the manual > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >>> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >