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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * This page is meant to provide functions to prevent XSS cracks.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Jam Warehouse http://www.jamwarehouse.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$
+ * @author Andrew Glen-Young <andrew@jamwarehouse.com>, Jam Warehouse (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Accepts a web encoded string and outputs a "clean" string.
+ */
+
+function sanitize($string) {
+	// Remove '(' and ')'
+        $xss_array = array("(" => "#&40;", ")" => "#&41;");
+	// Remove all HTML tags.
+        $string = strtr(strip_tags(urldecode($string)), $xss_array);
+        return $string;
+}
+
+?>