📦 NEW: Add package and helper to clean input strings safely

app/Helpers/strings.php

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+if ( ! function_exists('sanitise')) {
+    /**
+     * @param string $input
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function sanitise($input)
+    {
+        $clear = clean($input); // Package to remove code "mews/purifier"
+        $clear = strip_tags($clear);
+        $clear = html_entity_decode($clear);
+        $clear = urldecode($clear);
+        $clear = preg_replace('~[\r\n\t]+~', ' ', trim($clear));
+        $clear = preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', $clear);
+        return $clear;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $input
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function clean_whitespace($input)
+    {
+        $clear = preg_replace('~[\r\n\t]+~', ' ', trim($input));
+        $clear = preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', $clear);
+        return $clear;
+    }
+}

app/Providers/HelpersServiceProvider.php

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class HelpersServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         require app_path('Helpers/helpers.php');
         require app_path('Helpers/macros.php');
+        require app_path('Helpers/strings.php');
     }
 
     /**

composer.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "maatwebsite/excel": "~2.1",
         "maxhoffmann/parsedown-laravel": "dev-master",
         "mcamara/laravel-localization": "~1.2",
-        "mews/purifier": "~2.0",
+        "mews/purifier": "^2.1",
         "milon/barcode": "~5.3",
         "nitmedia/wkhtml2pdf": "dev-master",
         "omnipay/common": "~3",