filter_var function check variable using a filter id in PHP

Validate a value with filter_var()

filter_var() validates or sanitizes a value using a named filter. Validation filters return the filtered value on success and false on failure unless a different failure flag is used.

$email = 'user@example.com';
$result = filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
var_dump($result);

$book_id='abc'; // change this to integer to check
if(filter_var($book_id,257)){ // Filter id 257 is for validating integers
echo "Yes true book_id validation passed";
}else{
echo "No false book_id validation failed";
}

output

No false book_id validation failed

We can check a variable by using a particular type of filter by using filter_var() function. This function takes the variable and the ID or name of the filter as input and checks the variable. It returns True of False based on the checking output.
Here is the syntax.

bool=filter_var(variable, Filter ID,optional );

You can get list of filter ID here

Validating Email

IN the above code we have not user filter id and in that place we have used filter Name. Now let us try one email validation by using email filter

$email = 'userid@example.com';
if(filter_var($email,FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
echo " Yes true,  email  validation passed";
}else{
echo "No false, email  validation failed";
}

output

Yes true, email validation passed

We can replace the email filter name with email filter ID ( 274 ) , just change the above line with this

if(filter_var($email,274)){

Validate Boolean variable

$var1 = true; // Change the value to true or false  
if(filter_var($var1,FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)){
echo " Yes true,  Boolean  validation passed";
}else{
echo "No false, Boolean   validation failed";
}

Output

Yes true, Boolean validation passed

We can set the value based on value.

$var1=true;
$var1 = filter_var('abcd', FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE);
echo $var1;
echo var_dump($var1); // NULL

Filter reference Validating Boolean data Ctype_alnum to check alphanumeric characters Validating Email address

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filter_var(): Checks a variable with a specified filter

Validate a value with filter_var()

Validating Email

Validate Boolean variable

Subhendu Mohapatra