original_string: private static function sanitizeString($value)
      {
          // $_GET and $_REQUEST already urldecode()'d
          // decode
          // note: before php 5.2.7, htmlspecialchars() double encodes &#x hex items
          $value = html_entity_decode($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
  
          $value = self::sanitizeNullBytes($value);
  
          // escape
          $tmp = @htmlspecialchars($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
  
          // note: php 5.2.5 and above, htmlspecialchars is destructive if input is not UTF-8
          if ($value != '' && $tmp == '') {
              // convert and escape
              $value = utf8_encode($value);
              $tmp = htmlspecialchars($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
              return $tmp;
          }
          return $tmp;
      }
code: private static function sanitizeString($value)
      {
          // $_GET and $_REQUEST already urldecode()'d
          // decode
          // note: before php 5.2.7, htmlspecialchars() double encodes &#x hex items
          $value = html_entity_decode($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
  
          $value = self::sanitizeNullBytes($value);
  
          // escape
          $tmp = @htmlspecialchars($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
  
          // note: php 5.2.5 and above, htmlspecialchars is destructive if input is not UTF-8
          if ($value != '' && $tmp == '') {
              // convert and escape
              $value = utf8_encode($value);
              $tmp = htmlspecialchars($value, self::HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE, 'UTF-8');
              return $tmp;
          }
          return $tmp;
      }
code_tokens: private static function sanitizeString ( $ value ) { // $_GET and $_REQUEST already urldecode()'d // decode // note: before php 5.2.7, htmlspecialchars() double encodes &#x hex items $ value = html_entity_decode ( $ value , self :: HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE , 'UTF-8' ) ; $ value = self :: sanitizeNullBytes ( $ value ) ; // escape $ tmp = @ htmlspecialchars ( $ value , self :: HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE , 'UTF-8' ) ; // note: php 5.2.5 and above, htmlspecialchars is destructive if input is not UTF-8 if ( $ value != '' && $ tmp == '' ) { // convert and escape $ value = utf8_encode ( $ value ) ; $ tmp = htmlspecialchars ( $ value , self :: HTML_ENCODING_QUOTE_STYLE , 'UTF-8' ) ; return $ tmp ; } return $ tmp ; }
docstring: Sanitize a single input value
  
  @param $value
  @return string
docstring_tokens: Sanitize a single input value