/*
         *  Strip function for strings
         *  @param string with text
         *  @return string
         */
        private function stripSingle($inputStripSingle){
            return stripslashes(htmlentities(strip_tags(trim($inputStripSingle))));
        }

        /*
         *  Strip function for passwords
         *  @param string with text
         *  @return string
         */
        public function sanitizePassword($inputPassword){
            $inputPassword = preg_replace('/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/', '',$inputPassword);
            return $this->stripSingle($inputPassword);

        }

        /*
         *  Strip function for usernames
         *  @param string with text
         *  @return string
         */
        public function sanitizeUsername($inputUsername){
            $inputUsername = preg_replace('/[^0-9a-zA-Z\@\.]/', '',$inputUsername);
            return $this->stripSingle($inputUsername);
        }