Index: branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php
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diff -u -N -r16772 -r16781
--- branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 16772)
+++ branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 16781)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: application.php 16772 2023-11-22 08:42:00Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: application.php 16781 2024-01-04 10:58:30Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -1416,6 +1416,29 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Returns filtered variable passed to the script as GET/POST/COOKIE
+	 *
+	 * @param string        $name    Name of variable to retrieve.
+	 * @param mixed         $default Default value returned in case if variable not present.
+	 * @param integer       $filter  The ID of the filter to apply.
+	 * @param array|integer $options Associative array of options or bitwise disjunction of flags.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function GetVarFiltered($name, $default = false, $filter = FILTER_DEFAULT, $options = 0)
+	{
+		if ( isset($this->HttpQuery->_Params[$name]) ) {
+			$filtered_value = filter_var($this->HttpQuery->_Params[$name], $filter, $options);
+
+			if ( $filtered_value !== false ) {
+				return $filtered_value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $default;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Removes forceful escaping done to the variable upon Front-End submission.
 	 *
 	 * @param string|array $value Value.