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+<?php
+
+namespace Rhymix\Framework\Security;
+
+/**
+ * The filename filter class.
+ */
+class FilenameFilter
+{
+	/**
+	 * Remove illegal and dangerous characters from a filename.
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $filename
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function clean($filename)
+	{
+		// Replace dangerous characters with safe alternatives, maintaining meaning as much as possible.
+		$illegal = array('\\', '/', '<', '>', '{', '}', ':', ';', '|', '"', '~', '`', '@', '#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*', '?');
+		$replace = array('', '', '(', ')', '(', ')', '_', ',', '_', '', '_', '\'', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '', '');
+		$filename = str_replace($illegal, $replace, $filename);
+		
+		// Remove control characters.
+		$filename = preg_replace('/([\\x00-\\x1f\\x7f\\xff]+)/u', '', $filename);
+		
+		// Standardize whitespace characters.
+		$filename = trim(preg_replace('/[\\pZ\\pC]+/u', ' ', $filename));
+		
+		// Remove excess spaces and replacement characters.
+		$filename = trim($filename, ' .-_');
+		$filename = preg_replace('/__+/', '_', $filename);
+		
+		// Change .php files to .phps to make them non-executable.
+		if (strtolower(substr($filename, strlen($filename) - 4)) === '.php')
+		{
+			$filename = substr($filename, 0, strlen($filename) - 4) . '.phps';
+		}
+		
+		// Truncate filenames over 127 chars long, or extensions over 16 chars long.
+		if (mb_strlen($filename, 'UTF-8') > 127)
+		{
+			$extension = strrchr($filename, '.');
+			if (mb_strlen($extension, 'UTF-8') > 16) $extension = mb_substr($extension, 0, 16);
+			$filename = mb_substr($filename, 0, 127 - mb_strlen($extension)) . $extension;
+		}
+		
+		return $filename;
+	}
+}