php filters the XSS attack function

The following functions can be used to filter user input to ensure that it is XSS safe. For details of how to filter, see the function inside, but also comments.

<?php
function RemoveXSS($val) {  
   // remove all non-printable characters. CR(0a) and LF(0b) and TAB(9) are allowed  
   // this prevents some character re-spacing such as <java\0script>  
   // note that you have to handle splits with \n, \r, and \t later since they *are* allowed in some inputs  
   $val = preg_replace('/([\x00-\x08,\x0b-\x0c,\x0e-\x19])/', '', $val);  

   // straight replacements, the user should never need these since they're normal characters  
   // this prevents like <IMG SRC=@avascript:alert('XSS')>  
   $search = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'; 
   $search .= 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';  
   $search .= '1234567890!@#$%^&*()'; 
   $search .= '~`";:?+/={}[]-_|\'\\'; 
   for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($search); $i++) { 
      // ;? matches the ;, which is optional 
      // 0{0,7} matches any padded zeros, which are optional and go up to 8 chars 

      // @ @ search for the hex values 
      $val = preg_replace('/(&#[xX]0{0,8}'.dechex(ord($search[$i])).';?)/i', $search[$i], $val); // with a ; 
      // @ @ 0{0,7} matches '0' zero to seven times  
      $val = preg_replace('/(&#0{0,8}'.ord($search[$i]).';?)/', $search[$i], $val); // with a ; 
   } 

   // now the only remaining whitespace attacks are \t, \n, and \r 
   $ra1 = Array('javascript', 'vbscript', 'expression', 'applet', 'meta', 'xml', 'blink', 'link', 'style', 'script', 'embed', 'object', 'iframe', 'frame', 'frameset', 'ilayer', 'layer', 'bgsound', 'title', 'base'); 
   $ra2 = Array('onabort', 'onactivate', 'onafterprint', 'onafterupdate', 'onbeforeactivate', 'onbeforecopy', 'onbeforecut', 'onbeforedeactivate', 'onbeforeeditfocus', 'onbeforepaste', 'onbeforeprint', 'onbeforeunload', 'onbeforeupdate', 'onblur', 'onbounce', 'oncellchange', 'onchange', 'onclick', 'oncontextmenu', 'oncontrolselect', 'oncopy', 'oncut', 'ondataavailable', 'ondatasetchanged', 'ondatasetcomplete', 'ondblclick', 'ondeactivate', 'ondrag', 'ondragend', 'ondragenter', 'ondragleave', 'ondragover', 'ondragstart', 'ondrop', 'onerror', 'onerrorupdate', 'onfilterchange', 'onfinish', 'onfocus', 'onfocusin', 'onfocusout', 'onhelp', 'onkeydown', 'onkeypress', 'onkeyup', 'onlayoutcomplete', 'onload', 'onlosecapture', 'onmousedown', 'onmouseenter', 'onmouseleave', 'onmousemove', 'onmouseout', 'onmouseover', 'onmouseup', 'onmousewheel', 'onmove', 'onmoveend', 'onmovestart', 'onpaste', 'onpropertychange', 'onreadystatechange', 'onreset', 'onresize', 'onresizeend', 'onresizestart', 'onrowenter', 'onrowexit', 'onrowsdelete', 'onrowsinserted', 'onscroll', 'onselect', 'onselectionchange', 'onselectstart', 'onstart', 'onstop', 'onsubmit', 'onunload'); 
   $ra = array_merge($ra1, $ra2); 

   $found = true; // keep replacing as long as the previous round replaced something 
   while ($found == true) { 
      $val_before = $val; 
      for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($ra); $i++) { 
         $pattern = '/'; 
         for ($j = 0; $j < strlen($ra[$i]); $j++) { 
            if ($j > 0) { 
               $pattern .= '(';  
               $pattern .= '(&#[xX]0{0,8}([9ab]);)'; 
               $pattern .= '|';  
               $pattern .= '|(&#0{0,8}([9|10|13]);)'; 
               $pattern .= ')*'; 
            } 
            $pattern .= $ra[$i][$j]; 
         } 
         $pattern .= '/i';  
         $replacement = substr($ra[$i], 0, 2).'<x>'.substr($ra[$i], 2); // add in <> to nerf the tag  
         $val = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $val); // filter out the hex tags  
         if ($val_before == $val) {  
            // no replacements were made, so exit the loop  
            $found = false;  
         }  
      }  
   }  
   return $val;  
}   
?>