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<h1>Security<a class="headerlink" href="#security" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>The Security Class contains methods that help protect your site against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#loading-the-library" id="id3">Loading the Library</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#cross-site-request-forgery-csrf" id="id4">Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#prerequisite" id="id5">Prerequisite</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#when-auto-routing-is-disabled" id="id6">When Auto-Routing is Disabled</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#when-auto-routing-is-enabled" id="id7">When Auto-Routing is Enabled</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#config-for-csrf" id="id8">Config for CSRF</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#csrf-protection-methods" id="id9">CSRF Protection Methods</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#token-randomization" id="id10">Token Randomization</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#token-regeneration" id="id11">Token Regeneration</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#redirection-on-failure" id="id12">Redirection on Failure</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#enable-csrf-protection" id="id13">Enable CSRF Protection</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#html-forms" id="id14">HTML Forms</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#the-order-of-token-sent-by-users" id="id15">The Order of Token Sent by Users</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#other-helpful-methods" id="id16">Other Helpful Methods</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#sanitizefilename" id="id17">sanitizeFilename()</a></p></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Loading the Library</a><a class="headerlink" href="#loading-the-library" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>If your only interest in loading the library is to handle CSRF protection, then you will never need to load it,
as it runs as a filter and has no manual interaction.</p>
<p>If you find a case where you do need direct access though, you may load it through the Services file:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="nv">$security</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">service</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;security&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
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<section id="cross-site-request-forgery-csrf">
<span id="cross-site-request-forgery"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)</a><a class="headerlink" href="#cross-site-request-forgery-csrf" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>The CSRF Protection is only available for <strong>POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE</strong> requests.
Requests for other methods are not protected.</p>
</div>
<section id="prerequisite">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">Prerequisite</a><a class="headerlink" href="#prerequisite" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>When you use the CodeIgniters CSRF protection, you still need to code as the following.
Otherwise, the CSRF protection may be bypassed.</p>
<section id="when-auto-routing-is-disabled">
<h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" role="doc-backlink">When Auto-Routing is Disabled</a><a class="headerlink" href="#when-auto-routing-is-disabled" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<p>Do one of the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Do not use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$routes-&gt;add()</span></code>, and use HTTP verbs in routes.</p></li>
<li><p>Check the request method in the controller method before processing.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>E.g.:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">request</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">is</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;post&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">response</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">setStatusCode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">405</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">setBody</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Method Not Allowed&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../incoming/incomingrequest.html#incomingrequest-is"><span class="std std-ref">$this-&gt;request-&gt;is()</span></a> method can be used since v4.3.0.
In previous versions, you need to use
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">if</span> <span class="pre">(strtolower($this-&gt;request-&gt;getMethod())</span> <span class="pre">!==</span> <span class="pre">'post')</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="when-auto-routing-is-enabled">
<h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" role="doc-backlink">When Auto-Routing is Enabled</a><a class="headerlink" href="#when-auto-routing-is-enabled" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Check the request method in the controller method before processing.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>E.g.:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">request</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">is</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;post&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">response</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">setStatusCode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">405</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">setBody</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Method Not Allowed&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
</section>
<section id="config-for-csrf">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" role="doc-backlink">Config for CSRF</a><a class="headerlink" href="#config-for-csrf" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<section id="csrf-protection-methods">
<span id="id1"></span><h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" role="doc-backlink">CSRF Protection Methods</a><a class="headerlink" href="#csrf-protection-methods" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>If you use <a class="reference internal" href="sessions.html"><span class="doc">Session</span></a>, be sure to use Session based
CSRF protection. Cookie based CSRF protection will not prevent Same-site attacks.
See
<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/security/advisories/GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq">GHSA-5hm8-vh6r-2cjq</a>
for details.</p>
</div>
<p>By default, the Cookie based CSRF Protection is used. It is
<a class="reference external" href="https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#double-submit-cookie">Double Submit Cookie</a>
on OWASP Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention Cheat Sheet.</p>
<p>You can also use Session based CSRF Protection. It is
<a class="reference external" href="https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#synchronizer-token-pattern">Synchronizer Token Pattern</a>.</p>
<p>You can set to use the Session based CSRF protection by editing the following config parameter value in
<strong>app/Config/Security.php</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Security</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$csrfProtection</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;session&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="token-randomization">
<h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" role="doc-backlink">Token Randomization</a><a class="headerlink" href="#token-randomization" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<p>To mitigate compression side-channel attacks like <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH">BREACH</a>, and prevent an attacker from guessing the CSRF tokens, you can configure token randomization (off by default).</p>
<p>If you enable it, a random mask is added to the token and used to scramble it.</p>
<p>You can enable it by editing the following config parameter value in
<strong>app/Config/Security.php</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Security</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$tokenRandomize</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="token-regeneration">
<h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" role="doc-backlink">Token Regeneration</a><a class="headerlink" href="#token-regeneration" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<p>Tokens may be either regenerated on every submission (default) or
kept the same throughout the life of the Session or CSRF cookie.</p>
<p>The default
regeneration of tokens provides stricter security, but may result
in usability concerns as other tokens become invalid (back/forward
navigation, multiple tabs/windows, asynchronous actions, etc). You
may alter this behavior by editing the following config parameter value in
<strong>app/Config/Security.php</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Security</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$regenerate</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>If you use Cookie based CSRF protection, and <a class="reference internal" href="../general/common_functions.html#redirect" title="redirect"><code class="xref php php-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">redirect()</span></code></a>
after the submission, you must call <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">withCookie()</span></code> to send the regenerated
CSRF cookie. See <a class="reference internal" href="../outgoing/response.html#response-redirect"><span class="std std-ref">Redirect</span></a> for details.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Since v4.2.3, you can regenerate CSRF token manually with the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Security::generateHash()</span></code> method.</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="redirection-on-failure">
<span id="csrf-redirection-on-failure"></span><h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" role="doc-backlink">Redirection on Failure</a><a class="headerlink" href="#redirection-on-failure" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h4>
<p>Starting with v4.5.0, when a request fails the CSRF validation check, by default,
the user is redirected to the previous page in production environment, or a
SecurityException is thrown in other environments.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>In production environment, when you use HTML forms, it is recommended
to enable this redirection for a better user experience.</p>
<p>Upgrade users should check their configuration files.</p>
</div>
<p>If you want to make it redirect to the previous page, set the following config
parameter value to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> in <strong>app/Config/Security.php</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Security</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nx">bool</span> <span class="nv">$redirect</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When redirected, an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error</span></code> flash message is set and can be displayed to the end user with the following code in your view:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?=</span> <span class="nx">session</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getFlashdata</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;error&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>This provides a nicer experience than simply crashing.</p>
<p>Even when the redirect value is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code>, AJAX calls will not redirect, but will throw a SecurityException.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="enable-csrf-protection">
<span id="id2"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" role="doc-backlink">Enable CSRF Protection</a><a class="headerlink" href="#enable-csrf-protection" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>You can enable CSRF protection by altering your <strong>app/Config/Filters.php</strong>
and enabling the <cite>csrf</cite> filter globally:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Filters</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$globals</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;before&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="c1">// &#39;honeypot&#39;,</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;csrf&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">],</span>
<span class="p">];</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Select URIs can be whitelisted from CSRF protection (for example API
endpoints expecting externally POSTed content). You can add these URIs
by adding them as exceptions in the filter:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Filters</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$globals</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;before&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;csrf&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;except&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;api/record/save&#39;</span><span class="p">]],</span>
<span class="p">],</span>
<span class="p">];</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Regular expressions are also supported (case-insensitive):</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Filters</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$globals</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;before&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;csrf&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;except&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;api/record/[0-9]+&#39;</span><span class="p">]],</span>
<span class="p">],</span>
<span class="p">];</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>It is also possible to enable the CSRF filter only for specific methods:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">namespace</span> <span class="nx">Config</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">use</span> <span class="nx">CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Filters</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">BaseConfig</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$methods</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;GET&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;csrf&#39;</span><span class="p">],</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;POST&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;csrf&#39;</span><span class="p">],</span>
<span class="p">];</span>
<span class="c1">// ...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition warning">
<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>If you use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$methods</span></code> filters, you should <a class="reference internal" href="../incoming/routing.html#use-defined-routes-only"><span class="std std-ref">disable Auto Routing (Legacy)</span></a>
because <a class="reference internal" href="../incoming/routing.html#auto-routing-legacy"><span class="std std-ref">Auto Routing (Legacy)</span></a> permits any HTTP method to access a controller.
Accessing the controller with a method you dont expect could bypass the filter.</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="html-forms">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" role="doc-backlink">HTML Forms</a><a class="headerlink" href="#html-forms" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>If you use the <a class="reference internal" href="../helpers/form_helper.html"><span class="doc">form helper</span></a>, then
<code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">form_open()</span></code> will automatically insert a hidden csrf field in
your forms.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>To use auto-generation of CSRF field, you need to turn CSRF filter on to the form page.
In most cases it is requested using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GET</span></code> method.</p>
</div>
<p>If not, then you can use the always available <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csrf_token()</span></code>
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csrf_hash()</span></code> functions</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">input</span> <span class="nx">type</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;hidden&quot;</span> <span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;&lt;?= csrf_token() ?&gt;&quot;</span> <span class="nx">value</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;&lt;?= csrf_hash() ?&gt;&quot;</span> <span class="o">/&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Additionally, you can use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csrf_field()</span></code> method to generate this
hidden input field for you:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Generates: &lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;{csrf_token}&quot; value=&quot;{csrf_hash}&quot; /&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;?=</span> <span class="nx">csrf_field</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When sending a JSON request the CSRF token can also be passed as one of the parameters.
The next way to pass the CSRF token is a special Http header thats name is available by
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csrf_header()</span></code> function.</p>
<p>Additionally, you can use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csrf_meta()</span></code> method to generate this handy
meta tag for you:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Generates: &lt;meta name=&quot;{csrf_header}&quot; content=&quot;{csrf_hash}&quot; /&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;?=</span> <span class="nx">csrf_meta</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="the-order-of-token-sent-by-users">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" role="doc-backlink">The Order of Token Sent by Users</a><a class="headerlink" href="#the-order-of-token-sent-by-users" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The order of checking the availability of the CSRF token is as follows:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$_POST</span></code> array</p></li>
<li><p>HTTP header</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">php://input</span></code> (JSON request) - bear in mind that this approach is the slowest one since we have to decode JSON and then re-encode it</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">php://input</span></code> (raw body) - for PUT, PATCH, and DELETE type of requests</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">php://input</span></code> (raw body) is checked since v4.4.2.</p>
</div>
</section>
</section>
<section id="other-helpful-methods">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" role="doc-backlink">Other Helpful Methods</a><a class="headerlink" href="#other-helpful-methods" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>You will never need to use most of the methods in the Security class directly. The following are methods that
you might find helpful that are not related to the CSRF protection.</p>
<section id="sanitizefilename">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" role="doc-backlink">sanitizeFilename()</a><a class="headerlink" href="#sanitizefilename" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>Tries to sanitize filenames in order to prevent directory traversal attempts and other security threats, which is
particularly useful for files that were supplied via user input. The first parameter is the path to sanitize.</p>
<p>If it is acceptable for the user input to include relative paths, e.g., <strong>file/in/some/approved/folder.txt</strong>, you can set
the second optional parameter, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$relativePath</span></code> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="nv">$path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$security</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">sanitizeFilename</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$request</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getVar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;filepath&#39;</span><span class="p">));</span>
</pre></div>
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