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devtoolboxuk/soteria
====================

Security Package for PHP

2.1.11(6y ago)05.6k1MITPHPPHP >=5.4.16

Since Feb 11Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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soteria
=======

[](#soteria)

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Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Background](#Background)
- [Usage](#Usage)
- [Maintainers](#Maintainers)
- [License](#License)

Background
----------

[](#background)

Various security libraries rolled into one place.

The XSS cleaner is a port from  with the ability for it to work on some older systems.

When I get around to upgrading my legacy systems, the XSS cleaner will be updated to use voku/anti-xss directly (because it's awesome)

I've also added a URL decoder, as I found some items causing a few issues with invisible characters such as \\r\\n (in a URL, you probably wouldn't want this)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ composer require devtoolboxuk/soteria
```

Then include Composer's generated vendor/autoload.php to enable autoloading:

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

```
use devtoolboxuk\soteria;

$this->security = new SoteriaService();
```

XSS
---

[](#xss)

```
$xss = $this->security->xss();
```

#### XSS Clean

[](#xss-clean)

Great for clearing out data in posted data

```
#$data can be either a string or an array
$xss->clean($data); //Outputs data that has had XSS data removed.
```

#### XSS Detected

[](#xss-detected)

```
$xss->clean($data);
$xss->isXssFound(); //Returns true / false
```

#### XSS Clean a URL

[](#xss-clean-a-url)

Great for clearing out crappy URLs (does the same as clean, but also removes invisible characters like \\r \\n)

```
#$data can be either a string or an array
$xss->cleanUrl($data); //Outputs data that has had XSS data removed.
```

#### XSS Detected

[](#xss-detected-1)

```
$xss->cleanUrl($data);
$xss->isXssFound(); //Returns true / false
```

Filter
------

[](#filter)

```
$filter = $this->security->filter();
```

#### Filter Email

[](#filter-email)

```
$filter->email('test@local.com');
```

#### Filter Was an invalid email address used

[](#filter-was-an-invalid-email-address-used)

```
$filter->email('test@local.com');
$filter->isValid(); //Returns true / false
```

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

[@DevToolboxUk](https://github.com/DevToolBoxUk).

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE) © DevToolboxUK

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~10 days

Recently: every ~26 days

Total

25

Last Release

2410d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.0.02019-05-10

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11e7828108a460ad0b3dc92c08fa9e0e863168b8dae2b4d7041a6d699f936faa?d=identicon)[devtoolboxuk](/maintainers/devtoolboxuk)

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/devtoolboxuk-soteria/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/devtoolboxuk-soteria/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/devtoolboxuk-soteria)
```

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