public static function filter($value)
{
$value = (string) $value;
$length = strlen($value);
$string = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i += 1) {
$ascii = ord($value[$i]);
// Detect continuation sequences
if ($ascii === 13) {
$lf = ord($value[$i + 1]);
$ws = ord($value[$i + 2]);
if ($lf === 10 && in_array($ws, [9, 32], true)) {
$string .= $value[$i] . $value[$i + 1];
$i += 1;
}
continue;
}
// Non-visible, non-whitespace characters
// 9 === horizontal tab
// 32-126, 128-254 === visible
// 127 === DEL
// 255 === null byte
if ($ascii < 32 && $ascii !== 9 || $ascii === 127 || $ascii > 254) {
continue;
}
$string .= $value[$i];
}
return $string;
}