Is it necessary to sanitize $_POST values or cmb2 sanitize them for us?

  • Resolved Arash65

    (@pershianix)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    Let’s say I have a filed:

    $cmb->add_field( array(
        'name'    => __( 'Insert a number gt 100: ', 'testdomain' ),
        'id'      => 'submitted_value',
        'type'    => 'text',
    ) );

    Now I want to validate the user input so I have this piece of code:

    // first validate the value
if ( $cmb->get_field('submitted_value')->args['attributes']['value'] < 100 ) {

// if validation failed do 2 things:

// first keep the user entered value so that he can edit it (not losing it and type it again)
$cmb->get_field('submitted_value')->args['attributes']['value'] = $_POST['submitted_value'];

// and lastly put an error and return:
return $cmb->prop( 'submission_error', new WP_Error( 'post_data_missing', __( 'Please enter a number greater than 100' ) ) );
}

    1: Do I need to sanitize $_POST[‘submitted_value’] before I put it inside the filed value attribute? ($cmb->get_field(‘submitted_value’)->args[‘attributes’][‘value’])

    I think I should and in this case I should use esc_attr().

    2: All in one, Is my solution for keeping the user input values after submitting form ok or there is a better way to do that?

    Thanks a lot.

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  • Thread Starter Arash65

    (@pershianix)

    And another question:

    I change the code In the example here about creating a front-end post submission form to edit posts (instead of creation) and now whenever I want to clear a field (delete it’s value), when updating the post, that custom filed remains intact and the previous value is still there.

    I know that is because $sanitized_values (from get_sanitized_values( $_POST )) wipes out the keys with empty values. How can I change it so that after sanitization the keys with empty values still be in the $sanitized_values array?

    Plugin Author Justin Sternberg

    (@jtsternberg)

    Now I want to validate the user input so I have this piece of code:

    Where are you doing this validation? For stuff like that, I suggest using the 'sanitization_cb' parameter.

    But for your intended goal, I suggest using html5 attributes on your input to do the validation:

    $cmb_demo->add_field( array(
	'name'    => __( 'Insert a number gt 100: ', 'testdomain' ),
	'id'      => 'submitted_value',
	'type'    => 'text',
	'attributes' => array(
		'type' => 'number',
		'min' => '100',
	),
) );
    Thread Starter Arash65

    (@pershianix)

    I’m doing such stuff when user submits the form and I don’t want to rely on just html5 validation techniques, but you’re right I completely forgot about sanitization_cb ??

    And what about my second question? How can I achieve that?
    Thank you.

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