function removeXSS($val) {

     // remove all non-printable characters. CR(0a) and LF(0b) and TAB(9) are allowed

     // this prevents some character re-spacing such as <java\0script>

     // note that you have to handle splits with \n, \r, and \t later since they *are* allowed in some inputs

     $val = preg_replace('/([\x00-\x08][\x0b-\x0c][\x0e-\x20])/', '', $val);



     //REMOVE SQL INJECTION

     $val = preg_replace(sql_regcase("/(\n|\r|%0a|%0d|Content-Type:|bcc:|to:|cc:|Autoreply:|from|select|insert|truncate|delete|where|drop table|show tables|#|\*|--|\\\\)/"), "", $val);



     //$val = stripslashes($val);

     //$val = strip_tags($val); # Remove tags HTML e PHP.

     //$val = addslashes($val); # Adiciona barras invertidas à uma string.





     //$val = preg_replace('/([\x00-\x08,\x0b-\x0c,\x0e-\x19])/', '', $val);



     // straight replacements, the user should never need these since they're normal characters

     // this prevents like <IMG SRC=&#X40&#X61&#X76&#X61&#X73&#X63&#X72&#X69&#X70&#X74&#X3A&#X61&#X6C&#X65&#X72&#X74&#X28&#X27&#X58&#X53&#X53&#X27&#X29>

     $search = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';

     $search.= 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

     $search.= '1234567890!@#$%^&*()';

     $search.= '~`";:?+/={}[]-_|\'\\';



     for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($search); $i++) {

             // ;? matches the ;, which is optional

             // 0{0,7} matches any padded zeros, which are optional and go up to 8 chars



             // &#x0040 @ search for the hex values

             $val = preg_replace('/(&#[x|X]0{0,8}'.dechex(ord($search[$i])).';?)/i', $search[$i], $val); // with a ;

             // &#00064 @ 0{0,7} matches '0' zero to seven times

             $val = preg_replace('/(&#0{0,8}'.ord($search[$i]).';?)/', $search[$i], $val); // with a ;

     }







     // now the only remaining whitespace attacks are \t, \n, and \r

     $ra1 = array('javascript', 'vbscript', 'expression', 'applet', 'meta', 'xml', 'blink', 'link', 'script', 'embed', 'object', 'iframe', 'frame', 'frameset', 'ilayer', 'layer', 'bgsound', 'title');

     $ra2 = array('onabort', 'onactivate', 'onafterprint', 'onafterupdate', 'onbeforeactivate', 'onbeforecopy', 'onbeforecut', 'onbeforedeactivate', 'onbeforeeditfocus', 'onbeforepaste', 'onbeforeprint', 'onbeforeunload', 'onbeforeupdate', 'onblur', 'onbounce', 'oncellchange', 'onchange', 'onclick', 'oncontextmenu', 'oncontrolselect', 'oncopy', 'oncut', 'ondataavailable', 'ondatasetchanged', 'ondatasetcomplete', 'ondblclick', 'ondeactivate', 'ondrag', 'ondragend', 'ondragenter', 'ondragleave', 'ondragover', 'ondragstart', 'ondrop', 'onerror', 'onerrorupdate', 'onfilterchange', 'onfinish', 'onfocus', 'onfocusin', 'onfocusout', 'onhelp', 'onkeydown', 'onkeypress', 'onkeyup', 'onlayoutcomplete', 'onload', 'onlosecapture', 'onmousedown', 'onmouseenter', 'onmouseleave', 'onmousemove', 'onmouseout', 'onmouseover', 'onmouseup', 'onmousewheel', 'onmove', 'onmoveend', 'onmovestart', 'onpaste', 'onpropertychange', 'onreadystatechange', 'onreset', 'onresize', 'onresizeend', 'onresizestart', 'onrowenter', 'onrowexit', 'onrowsdelete', 'onrowsinserted', 'onscroll', 'onselect', 'onselectionchange', 'onselectstart', 'onstart', 'onstop', 'onsubmit', 'onunload');

     $ra = array_merge($ra1, $ra2);



         $found = true; // keep replacing as long as the previous round replaced something

         while ($found == true) {

                 $val_before = $val;

                 for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($ra); $i++) {

                         $pattern = '/';

                         for ($j = 0; $j < strlen($ra[$i]); $j++) {

                                 if ($j > 0) {

                                         $pattern .= '(';

                                         $pattern .= '(&#[x|X]0{0,8}([9][a][b]);?)?';

                                         $pattern .= '|(&#0{0,8}([9][10][13]);?)?';

                                         $pattern .= ')?';

                                 }

                                 $pattern .= $ra[$i][$j];

                         }

                         $pattern .= '/i';

                         $replacement = substr($ra[$i], 0, 2).'<x>'.substr($ra[$i], 2); // add in <> to nerf the tag

                         $val = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $val); // filter out the hex tags

                         if ($val_before == $val) {

                                 // no replacements were made, so exit the loop

                                 $found = false;

                         }

                 }

         }



     return trim($val);

}