[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38379: Add server side validation class in wordpress core

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#38379: Add server side validation class in wordpress core
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 Reporter:  lpkapil008          |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  External Libraries  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by swissspidy):

 Hey there,

 Thanks for opening this ticket. Valitron is not compatible with PHP 5.2 as
 it uses namespaces. Thus, we can't use it in core.

 Can you perhaps elaborate on why such a library is needed and the built-in
 sanitizing and escaping functions do not suffice?

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