$usern=$_POST["UserName"]; $whattostrp = array("'", ")", "(", ";","*","-",">","<","&"); function clean($source) { $sanatize=explode(" ", $source); $sanatize=$source[0]; $sanatize = str_replace($whattostrp, "", "$source"); $sanatize=stripslashes($source); $sanatize=strip_tags($source); $sanatize=mysql_real_escape_string($source); return $sanatize; } $usern = clean($usern);