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The flag FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING is deprecated in PHP 8.1.0
Hi there,
We love Gitium, nice one!
We have just noticed after upgrading PHP that the flag FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING is deprecated in PHP 8.1.0.
I would like to submit a PR to replace the use of FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING with FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS. Based on the PHP docs for FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING it says:
Deprecated as of PHP 8.1.0, use htmlspecialchars() instead.
and for FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS it also says:
Equivalent to calling htmlspecialchars() with ENT_QUOTES set.
Therefore, it looks like FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS is a suitable replacement for FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING.
To note also, the constant FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS is available in PHP versions >= 5.3.3.
Would you be happy to receive this PR?
