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+<?php defined('BASEPATH') || exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Karsten Heiken, Eike Foken
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Extends CI's input class.
+ * 
+ * @package ScattPort
+ * @subpackage Libraries
+ * @author Eike Foken <kontakt@eikefoken.de>
+ */
+class MY_Input extends CI_Input {
+	
+	public function __construct() {
+		log_message('debug', "Input Class Initialized");
+		
+		$this->_allow_get_array	= (config_item('allow_get_array') === true);
+		$this->_enable_csrf = (config_item('csrf_protection') === true);
+
+		$router =& load_class('Router');
+
+		if ($router->class == 'programs') {
+			$this->_enable_xss = false;
+		} else {
+			$this->_enable_xss = (config_item('global_xss_filtering') === true);
+		}
+
+		global $SEC;
+		$this->security =& $SEC;
+
+		// do we need the UTF-8 class?
+		if (UTF8_ENABLED === true)
+		{
+			global $UNI;
+			$this->uni =& $UNI;
+		}
+
+		// sanitize global arrays
+		$this->_sanitize_globals();
+	}
+}
+
+/* End of file MY_Input.php */
+/* Location: ./application/core/MY_Input.php */