function RemoveXSS($val) {
?? $val = preg_replace(‘/([\x00-\x08,\x0b-\x0c,\x0e-\x19])/‘, ‘‘, $val);??

?? $search = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz‘;
?? $search .= ‘ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ‘;
?? $search .= ‘1234567890!@#$%^&*()‘;
?? $search .= ‘~`";:?+/={}[]-_|\‘\\‘;

?? for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($search); $i++) {
????? $val = preg_replace(‘/(&#[xX]0{0,8}‘.dechex(ord($search[$i])).‘;?)/i‘, $search[$i], $val);
????? $val = preg_replace(‘/(&#0{0,8}‘.ord($search[$i]).‘;?)/‘, $search[$i], $val);
?? }
?? $ra1 = array(‘javascript‘, ‘vbscript‘, ‘expression‘, ‘applet‘, ‘meta‘, ‘xml‘, ‘blink‘, ‘link‘, ‘style‘, ‘script‘, ‘embed‘, ‘object‘, ‘iframe‘, ‘frame‘, ‘frameset‘, ‘ilayer‘, ‘layer‘, ‘bgsound‘, ‘title‘, ‘base‘);
?? $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);

????? for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($ra); $i++) {
???????? $pattern = ‘/‘;
???????? for ($j = 0; $j < strlen($ra[$i]); $j++) {
??????????? if ($j > 0) {
?????????????? $pattern .= ‘(‘;
?????????????? $pattern .= ‘(&#[xX]0{0,8}([9ab]);)‘;
?????????????? $pattern .= ‘|‘;
?????????????? $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);
????? }
????? return $val;
}