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-<?php
-
-require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
-
-use Aura\Filter\FilterFactory;
-
-$filter_factory = new FilterFactory();
-$filter = $filter_factory->newFilter();
-
-// set up the filter chain.
-
-$filter->validate('username')->is('alnum');
-$filter->validate('username')->is('strlenBetween', 6, 12);
-$filter->sanitize('username')->to('alnum');
-
-$filter->validate('birthday')->is('dateTime');
-$filter->sanitize('birthday')->to('dateTime', 'Y-m-d');
-$filter->validate('birthday')->is('min', '1970-08-08'); // at least 42 on Aug 8
-
-$filter->validate('nickname')->isBlankOr('string');
-$filter->validate('nickname')->isBlankOr('string');
-
-$filter->validate('accept_terms')->is('bool', true);
-$filter->sanitize('accept_terms')->to('bool');
-
-$filter->validate('password_plaintext')->is('strlenMin', 6);
-$filter->validate('password_confirmed')->is('equalToField', 'password_plaintext');
-
-$data = (object) [
-    'username' => 'username',
-    'birthday' => '1990-08-27',
-    'nickname' => 'awesomenick',
-    'something' => 'Hello World',
-    'accept_terms' => true,
-    'password_plaintext' => 'passwd',
-    'password_confirmed' => 'passed'
-];
-
-// execute the chain on a data object or array
-$success = $filter->apply($data);
-if (! $success) {
-    // an array of failure messages, with info about the failures
-    $failure = $filter->getMessages();
-    var_export($failure);
-}