1. function sanitize($data)
2. {
3. // remove whitespaces (not a must though)
4. $data = trim($data);
5.
6. // apply stripslashes if magic_quotes_gpc is enabled
7. if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
8. {
9. $data = stripslashes($data);
10. }
11.
12. // a mySQL connection is required before using this function
13. $data = mysql_real_escape_string($data);
14.
15. return $data;
16. }