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Input Class
###########
-The Input Class serves two purposes:
-
-#. It pre-processes global input data for security.
-#. It provides some helper methods for fetching input data and pre-processing it.
+The Input Class provides some helper methods for accessing input data
+and pre-processing it.
.. note:: This class is initialized automatically by the system so there
is no need to do it manually.
@@ -17,25 +15,9 @@ The Input Class serves two purposes:
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-***************
-Input Filtering
-***************
-
-Security Filtering
-==================
-
-The security filtering method is called automatically when a new
-:doc:`controller <../general/controllers>` is invoked. It does the
-following:
-
-- Destroys all global variables in the event register_globals is
- turned on.
-- Filters the GET/POST/COOKIE array keys, permitting only alpha-numeric
- (and a few other) characters.
-
-*******************
-Accessing form data
-*******************
+********************
+Accessing input data
+********************
Using POST, GET, COOKIE, or SERVER Data
=======================================