How to implement form data validation in php

$text   = "\t\tThese are a few words :) ...  ";
$binary = "\x09Example string\x0A";
$hello  = "Hello World";
var_dump($text, $binary, $hello);

print "\n";

$trimmed = trim($text);
var_dump($trimmed);

$trimmed = trim($text, " \t.");
var_dump($trimmed);

$trimmed = trim($hello, "Hdle");
var_dump($trimmed);

// 清除 $binary 首位的 ASCII 控制字符
// （包括 0-31）
$clean = trim($binary, "\x00..\x1F");
var_dump($clean);

string(32) "        These are a few words :) ...  "
string(16) "    Example string
"
string(11) "Hello World"

string(28) "These are a few words :) ..."
string(24) "These are a few words :)"
string(5) "o Wor"
string(14) "Example string"

$str = "Is your name O\'reilly?";

// 输出: Is your name O'reilly?
echo stripslashes($str);

<script>location.href(&#39;http://www.runoob.com&#39;)</script>

<script>location.href('http://www.runoob.com')</script>