After declaring the filters and validators arrays, use them as
arguments in the constructor of Zend_Filter_Input. This returns
an object that knows all your filtering and validating rules, and you
can use this object to process one or more sets of input data.
<?php
$input = new Zend_Filter_Input($filters, $validators);
You can specify input data as the third constructor argument. The
data structure is an associative array. The keys are field names,
and the values are data values. The standard $_GET
and $_POST superglobal variables in PHP are
examples of this format. You can use either of these variables as input
data for Zend_Filter_Input.
<?php
$data = $_GET;
$input = new Zend_Filter_Input($filters, $validators, $data);
Alternatively, use the setData() method, passing
an associative array of key/value pairs the same format as
described above.
<?php
$input = new Zend_Filter_Input($filters, $validators);
$input->setData($newData);
The setData() method redefines data in an existing
Zend_Filter_Input object without changing the filtering and
validation rules. Using this method, you can run the same rules
against different sets of input data.