$value) { $content[$key] = addslashes(trim($value)); if (preg_match($pattern, $content[$key])) { echo $content[$key]; $content[$key] = ''; } } } else { $content = addslashes(trim($content)); if (preg_match($pattern, $content)) { $content = ''; } } return $content; } function handleInput($data) { $data = trim($data); $data = stripslashes($data); $data = htmlspecialchars($data); return $data; }