Module to filter HTML

[Vito Corleone]

Hi,
I am looking for module to filter HTML input from user. It should allow
<b> <i> <img> and some other tags, and remove the evil tags. I found
HTML::Sanitizer, but the last update is August 2003. Is there any other
alternative? Or is it ok to use HTML::Sanitizer? Thank you very much.

--Vito

 

[Jim Keenan]

Hi,
I am looking for module to filter HTML input from user. It should allow
<b> <i> <img> and some other tags, and remove the evil tags. I found
HTML::Sanitizer, but the last update is August 2003. Is there any other
alternative? Or is it ok to use HTML::Sanitizer? Thank you very much.

--Vito

The mere fact that a module has not had a version update in twelve
months does not, in and of itself, preclude its use. Perhaps the
module met the author's goals at that point and, lacking feedback from
other users, there was no compelling reason for him/her to revise it
further.

The author of HTML::Sanitizer does caution the user about the "low
version number," but the documentation does suggest that he put a lot
of thought into it.

So my suggestions: (1) Try the module out in a non-production
environment with typical user input. (2) If it doesn't do what you
want, try some of the other, better known modules to which the author
provides links in the "SEE ALSO" section.

jimk