PHP - Filter_var Custom Regex Not Working Wondering Why?

Hello Guys ... i am new here and i am also new in php

i selfstudy html css and js and bootstrap for front-end

and for back-back php & mysql & PDO  & OOP and  i will soon start mvc then laravel

and i am trying to secure my input field  and i do not want any attacks or sql injects

and i see people user filter_var and htmlentities and htmlspecialchars  and each one has diffrent opinion

can some one help me and tell me what is the best for securing input which all values will store in database

thanks <3

I tried parsing through first

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/28167/The-Empire-of-Sexuality-An-Interview-with-Joseph-Massad

then even tried

www.google.com

and on both I get the following returned

post_url equals:
www.google.compost_title equals:
testpost_Threadybody equals:
Enter your posts...

URL equals: www.google.com

www.google.com is not a valid URL

Web page redirects after 2 seconds.

And here is the if statement that handles my filter for URLs

if(isset($_POST["submit"]) && !empty($_POST["url"]) && !empty($_POST["Title"])){
$URL = $conn -> real_escape_string($_POST["url"]) ;
$BodyText = $conn -> real_escape_string(nl2br($_POST["ThreadBody"])) ;
echo "<P>URL equals: " ; 
echo $URL ; 
echo "<P>" ; 
//Change to embed for youtube.


if (filter_var($URL, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
    echo("$URL is a valid URL");
	//Check if url is a youtube url 
	if (strpos($URL,'youtube') !== false) {
	    echo 'Youtube exists.';
	  $URL = preg_replace("/\s*[a-zA-Z\/\/:\.]*youtube.com\/watch\?v=([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+)([a-zA-Z0-9\/\*\-\_\?\&\;\%\=\.]*)/i","<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/$1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",$URL);

	} else {
	    echo 'Youtube is not included .';
	   $URL = "<ahref ='" . $URL . "</a>" ;  
	}


	$Title = $conn -> real_escape_string($_POST["Title"]) ;
	$User = $_SESSION['username'];
	 
	 
	 $sql = "INSERT INTO Threads (Title, Users, ThreadBody, url)
     VALUES ('$Title', '$User','$BodyText','$URL')";
     if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
        echo "New record has been added successfully !";
     } else {
        echo "Error: " . $sql . ":-" . mysqli_error($conn);
     }

		} 
else {
    echo("$URL is not a valid URL");
		}

<?php

/**
 * GUMP - A fast, extensible PHP input validation class
 *
 * @author		Sean Nieuwoudt (http://twitter.com/SeanNieuwoudt)
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2011 Wixel.net
 * @link		http://github.com/Wixel/GUMP
 * @version     1.0
 */

class GUMP
{	
	// Validation rules for execution
	protected $validation_rules = array();
	
	// Filter rules for execution
	protected $filter_rules = array(); 
	
	// Instance attribute containing errors from last run
	protected $errors = array();
	
	// ** ------------------------- Validation Data ------------------------------- ** //	
	
	public static $basic_tags	  = "<br><p><a><strong><b><i><em><img><blockquote><code><dd><dl><hr><h1><h2><h3><h4><h5><h6><label><ul><li><span><sub><sup>";				
		
	public static $en_noise_words = "about,after,all,also,an,and,another,any,are,as,at,be,because,been,before,
				  				  	 being,between,both,but,by,came,can,come,could,did,do,each,for,from,get,
				  				  	 got,has,had,he,have,her,here,him,himself,his,how,if,in,into,is,it,its,it's,like,
			      				  	 make,many,me,might,more,most,much,must,my,never,now,of,on,only,or,other,
				  				  	 our,out,over,said,same,see,should,since,some,still,such,take,than,that,
				  				  	 the,their,them,then,there,these,they,this,those,through,to,too,under,up,
				  				  	 very,was,way,we,well,were,what,where,which,while,who,with,would,you,your,a,
				  				  	 b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z,$,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,_";
				
	// ** ------------------------- Validation Helpers ---------------------------- ** //	
	
	/**
	 * Shorthand method for inline validation 
	 *
	 * @param array $data The data to be validated
	 * @param array $validators The GUMP validators
	 * @return mixed True(boolean) or the array of error messages
	 */
	public static function is_valid(array $data, array $validators) 
	{
		$gump = new Gump();

		$gump->validation_rules($validators);

		if($gump->run($data) === false) {
			return $gump->get_readable_errors(false);
		} else {
			return true;
		}	
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Magic method to generate the validation error messages
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function __toString()
	{
		return $this->get_readable_errors(true);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Perform XSS clean to prevent cross site scripting
	 * 
	 * @static
	 * @access public
	 * @param  array $data
	 * @return array
	 */
	public static function xss_clean(array $data)
	{
		foreach($data as $k => $v)
		{
			$data[$k] = filter_var($v, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);		
		}
		
		return $data;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Getter/Setter for the validation rules
	 *
	 * @param array $rules
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function validation_rules(array $rules = array())
	{
		if(!empty($rules)) {
			$this->validation_rules = $rules;
		} else {
			return $this->validation_rules;
		}		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Getter/Setter for the filter rules
	 *
	 * @param array $rules
	 * @return array
	 */	
	public function filter_rules(array $rules = array())
	{
		if(!empty($rules)) {
			$this->filter_rules = $rules;
		} else {
			return $this->filter_rules;
		}
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Run the filtering and validation after each other
	 *
	 * @param array $data
	 * @return array
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function run(array $data)
	{
		$data = $this->filter($data, $this->filter_rules());
		
		$validated = $this->validate(
			$data, $this->validation_rules()
		);		
		
		if($validated !== true) {
			return false;
		} else {
		   return $data;
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sanitize the input data
	 * 
	 * @access public
	 * @param  array $data
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function sanitize(array $input, $fields = NULL, $utf8_encode = true)
	{
		$magic_quotes = (bool)get_magic_quotes_gpc();
		
		if(is_null($fields))
		{
			$fields = array_keys($input);
		}

		foreach($fields as $field)
		{
			if(!isset($input[$field]))
			{
				continue;
			}
			else
			{
				$value = $input[$field]; 
				
				if(is_string($value))
				{
					if($magic_quotes === TRUE)
					{
						$value = stripslashes($value);
					}
					
					if(strpos($value, "\r") !== FALSE)
					{
						$value = trim($value);
					}
					
					if(function_exists('iconv') && function_exists('mb_detect_encoding') && $utf8_encode)
					{
						$current_encoding = mb_detect_encoding($value);
						
						if($current_encoding != 'UTF-8' && $current_encoding != 'UTF-16') {
							$value = iconv($current_encoding, 'UTF-8', $value);
						}
					}
					
					$value = filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
				}
				
				$input[$field] = $value;
			}
		}
		
		return $input;		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Return the error array from the last validation run
	 *
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function errors()
	{
		return $this->errors;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Perform data validation against the provided ruleset
	 * 
	 * @access public
	 * @param  mixed $input
	 * @param  array $ruleset
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function validate(array $input, array $ruleset)
	{
		$this->errors = array();
		
		foreach($ruleset as $field => $rules)
		{
			#if(!array_key_exists($field, $input))
			#{
			#	continue;
			#}
			
			$rules = explode('|', $rules);

			foreach($rules as $rule)
			{
				$method = NULL;
				$param  = NULL;
				
				if(strstr($rule, ',') !== FALSE) // has params
				{
					$rule   = explode(',', $rule);
					$method = 'validate_'.$rule[0];
					$param  = $rule[1];
				}
				else
				{
					$method = 'validate_'.$rule;
				}

				if(is_callable(array($this, $method)))
				{
					$result = $this->$method($field, $input, $param);

					if(is_array($result)) // Validation Failed
					{
						$this->errors[] = $result;
					}
				}
				else
				{
					throw new Exception("Validator method '$method' does not exist.");
				}
			}
		}

		return (count($this->errors) > 0)? $this->errors : TRUE;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Process the validation errors and return human readable error messages
	 *
	 * @param bool $convert_to_string = false
	 * @param string $field_class
	 * @param string $error_class	
	 * @return array 
	 * @return string	
	 */
	public function get_readable_errors($convert_to_string = false, $field_class="field", $error_class="error-message")
	{
		if(empty($this->errors)) {
			return ($convert_to_string)? null : array();
		}
		
		$resp = array();
		
		foreach($this->errors as $e) {
		
			$field = ucwords(str_replace(array('_','-'), chr(32), $e['field']));
			$param = $e['param'];
			
			switch($e['rule']) {
				case 'validate_required':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field is required";
					break;
				case 'validate_valid_email':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field is required to be a valid email address";
					break;
				case 'validate_max_len':
					if($param == 1) {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be shorter than $param character";
					} else {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be shorter than $param characters";
					}
					break;
				case 'validate_min_len':
					if($param == 1) {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be longer than $param character";
					} else {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be longer than $param characters";
					}
					break;
				case 'validate_exact_len':
					if($param == 1) {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be exactly $param character in length";
					} else {
						$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be exactly $param characters in length";
					}
					break;
				case 'validate_alpha':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain alpha characters(a-z)";
					break;
				case 'validate_alpha_numeric':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain alpha-numeric characters";
					break;
				case 'validate_alpha_dash':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain alpha characters &amp; dashes";
					break;
				case 'validate_numeric':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain numeric characters";
					break;
				case 'validate_integer':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain a numeric value";
					break;
				case 'validate_boolean':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain a true or false value";
					break;
				case 'validate_float':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field may only contain a float value";
					break;
				case 'validate_valid_url':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field is required to be a valid URL";
					break;
				case 'validate_url_exists':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> URL does not exist";
					break;
				case 'validate_valid_ip':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to contain a valid IP address";
					break;
				case 'validate_valid_cc':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to contain a valid credit card number";
					break;
				case 'validate_valid_name':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to contain a valid human name";
					break;
				case 'validate_contains':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs contain one of these values: ".implode(', ', $param);
					break;
				case 'validate_street_address':
					$resp[] = "The <span class=\"$field_class\">$field</span> field needs to be a valid street address";
					break;
			}
		}		
		
		if(!$convert_to_string) {
			return $resp;
		} else {
			$buffer = '';
			foreach($resp as $s) {
				$buffer .= "<span class=\"$error_class\">$s</span>";
			}
			return $buffer;
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Filter the input data according to the specified filter set 
	 * 
	 * @access public
	 * @param  mixed $input
	 * @param  array $filterset
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function filter(array $input, array $filterset)
	{
		foreach($filterset as $field => $filters)
		{
			if(!array_key_exists($field, $input))
			{
				continue;
			}

			$filters = explode('|', $filters);

			foreach($filters as $filter)
			{	
				$params = NULL;
				
				if(strstr($filter, ',') !== FALSE)
				{
					$filter = explode(',', $filter);
					
					$params = array_slice($filter, 1, count($filter) - 1);
					
					$filter = $filter[0];
				}
				
				if(is_callable(array($this, 'filter_'.$filter)))
				{
					$method = 'filter_'.$filter;
					$input[$field] = $this->$method($input[$field], $params);
				}
				else if(function_exists($filter))
				{
					$input[$field] = $filter($input[$field]);
				}
				else
				{
					throw new Exception("Filter method '$filter' does not exist.");
				}
			}
		}	
		
		return $input;
	}
	
	// ** ------------------------- Filters --------------------------------------- ** //
	
	/**
	 * Replace noise words in a string (http://tax.cchgroup.com/help/Avoiding_noise_words_in_your_search.htm)
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'noise_words'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_noise_words($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		$value = preg_replace('/\s\s+/u', chr(32),$value);
		
		$value = " $value ";
				
		$words = explode(',', self::$en_noise_words);
		
		foreach($words as $word)
		{
			$word = trim($word);
			
			$word = " $word "; // Normalize
			
			if(stripos($value, $word) !== FALSE)
			{
				$value = str_ireplace($word, chr(32), $value);
			}
		}

		return trim($value);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Remove all known punctuation from a string
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'rmpunctuataion'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_rmpunctuation($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return preg_replace("/(?![.=$'€%-])\p{P}/u", '', $value);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Translate an input string to a desired language [DEPRECIATED]
	 *
	 * Any ISO 639-1 2 character language code may be used 
	 *
	 * See: http://www.science.co.il/language/Codes.asp?s=code2
	 *
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	/*
	protected function filter_translate($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		$input_lang  = 'en';
		$output_lang = 'en';
		
		if(is_null($params))
		{
			return $value;
		}
		
		switch(count($params))
		{
			case 1:
				$input_lang  = $params[0];
				break;
			case 2:
				$input_lang  = $params[0];
				$output_lang = $params[1];
				break;
		}
		
		$text = urlencode($value);

		$translation = file_get_contents(
			"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q={$text}&langpair={$input_lang}|{$output_lang}" 
		);
		
		$json = json_decode($translation, true);
		
		if($json['responseStatus'] != 200)
		{
			return $value;
		}
		else
		{
			return $json['responseData']['translatedText'];
		}		
	}
	*/
		
	/**
	 * Sanitize the string by removing any script tags
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'sanitize_string'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_sanitize_string($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sanitize the string by urlencoding characters
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'urlencode'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params	
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_urlencode($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED);  
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sanitize the string by converting HTML characters to their HTML entities
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'htmlencode'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_htmlencode($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS);  
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sanitize the string by removing illegal characters from emails
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'sanitize_email'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_sanitize_email($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);  
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sanitize the string by removing illegal characters from numbers
	 * 
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */
	protected function filter_sanitize_numbers($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);  
	}
	
	/**
	 * Filter out all HTML tags except the defined basic tags
	 * 
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */	
	protected function filter_basic_tags($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return strip_tags($value, self::$basic_tags);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Filter out all SQL Valnurablities 
	 * 
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @param  array $params
	 * @return string
	 */	
	protected function filter_mysql_escape($value, $params = NULL)
	{
		return mysql_real_escape_string($value);
	}

	
	// ** ------------------------- Validators ------------------------------------ ** //	
	
	/**
	 * Verify that a value is contained within the pre-defined value set
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'contains,value value value'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_contains($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		$param = trim(strtolower($param));
		
		$value = trim(strtolower($input[$field]));
		
		if (preg_match_all('#\'(.+?)\'#', $param, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER)) {
			$param = $matches[1];
		} else  {
			$param = explode(chr(32), $param);
		}

		if(in_array($value, $param)) { // valid, return nothing
			return;
		} else {
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $value,
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param
			);			
		}
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Check if the specified key is present and not empty
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'required'
	 *
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_required($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(isset($input[$field]) && trim($input[$field]) != '')
		{
			return;
		}
		else
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => NULL,
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided email is valid
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_email'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_email($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
	
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value length is less or equal to a specific value
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'max_len,240'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_max_len($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(function_exists('mb_strlen'))
		{
			if(mb_strlen($input[$field]) <= (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if(strlen($input[$field]) <= (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}

		return array(
			'field' => $field,
			'value' => $input[$field],
			'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
			'param' => $param
		);		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value length is more or equal to a specific value
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'min_len,4'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_min_len($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(function_exists('mb_strlen'))
		{
			if(mb_strlen($input[$field]) >= (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if(strlen($input[$field]) >= (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}

		return array(
			'field' => $field,
			'value' => $input[$field],
			'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
			'param' => $param			
		);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value length matches a specific value
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'exact_len,5'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_exact_len($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}

		if(function_exists('mb_strlen'))
		{
			if(mb_strlen($input[$field]) == (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if(strlen($input[$field]) == (int)$param)
			{
				return;
			}
		}

		return array(
			'field' => $field,
			'value' => $input[$field],
			'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
			'param' => $param			
		);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value contains only alpha characters
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'alpha'
	 *
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_alpha($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!preg_match("/^([a-zÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðòóôõöùúûüýÿ])+$/i", $input[$field]) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value contains only alpha-numeric characters
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'alpha_numeric'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */	
	protected function validate_alpha_numeric($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{	
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!preg_match("/^([a-z0-9ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðòóôõöùúûüýÿ])+$/i", $input[$field]) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value contains only alpha characters with dashed and underscores
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'alpha_dash'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_alpha_dash($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!preg_match("/^([a-z0-9ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðòóôõöùúûüýÿ_-])+$/i", $input[$field]) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid number or numeric string
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'numeric'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_numeric($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!is_numeric($input[$field]))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid integer
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'integer'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_integer($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a PHP accepted boolean
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'boolean'
	 *
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_boolean($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		$bool = filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
		
		if(!is_bool($bool))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid float
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'float'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_float($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid URL
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_url'
	 *
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_url($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL))
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if a URL exists & is accessible
	 *
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'url_exists'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_url_exists($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		$url = str_replace(
			array('http://', 'https://', 'ftp://'), '', strtolower($input[$field])
		);

		if(function_exists('checkdnsrr'))
		{
			if(!checkdnsrr($url))
			{
				return array(
					'field' => $field,
					'value' => $input[$field],
					'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
					'param' => $param					
				);
			}	
		}
		else
		{
			if(gethostbyname($url) == $url)
			{
				return array(
					'field' => $field,
					'value' => $input[$field],
					'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
					'param' => $param					
				);
			}
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid IP address
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_ip'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_ip($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid IPv4 address
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_ipv4'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_ipv4($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided value is a valid IPv6 address
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_ipv6'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_ipv6($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		if(!filter_var($input[$field], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6) !== FALSE)
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the input is a valid credit card number 
	 *
	 * See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/174730/what-is-the-best-way-to-validate-a-credit-card-in-php
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_cc'	
	 * 
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_cc($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field]) || empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		$number = preg_replace('/\D/', '', $input[$field]);		
		
		if(function_exists('mb_strlen'))
		{
			$number_length = mb_strlen($input[$field]);
		}
		else
		{
			$number_length = strlen($input[$field]);
		}		
	
	  	$parity = $number_length % 2;
	
	 	$total = 0;
	
	  	for($i = 0; $i < $number_length; $i++) 
		{
	    	$digit = $number[$i];

	    	if ($i % 2 == $parity) 
			{
	      		$digit *= 2;
	
	      		if ($digit > 9) 
				{
	        		$digit -= 9;
	      		}
	    	}

	    	$total += $digit;
	  	}	
	
		if($total % 10 == 0)
		{
			return; // Valid
		}
		else
		{
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param				
			);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the input is a valid human name [Credits to http://github.com/ben-s]
	 *
	 * See: https://github.com/Wixel/GUMP/issues/5
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'valid_name'
	 * 
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_valid_name($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{
		if(!isset($input[$field])|| empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
	    if(!preg_match("/^([a-zÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñðòóôõöùúûüýÿ '-])+$/i", $input[$field]) !== FALSE)
	    {
	        return array(
	            'field' => $field,
	            'value' => $input[$field],
	            'rule'  => __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param	
	        );
	    }
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determine if the provided input is likely to be a street address using weak detection
	 * 
	 * Usage: '<index>' => 'street_address'
	 *	
	 * @access protected
	 * @param  string $field
	 * @param  array $input
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	protected function validate_street_address($field, $input, $param = NULL)
	{	
		if(!isset($input[$field])|| empty($input[$field]))
		{
			return;
		}
		
		// Theory: 1 number, 1 or more spaces, 1 or more words
		$hasLetter = preg_match('/[a-zA-Z]/', $input[$field]);
		$hasDigit  = preg_match('/\d/'      , $input[$field]);
		$hasSpace  = preg_match('/\s/'      , $input[$field]);
		
		$passes = $hasLetter && $hasDigit && $hasSpace;
				
		if(!$passes) {
			return array(
				'field' => $field,
				'value' => $input[$field],
				'rule'	=> __FUNCTION__,
				'param' => $param
			);
		}
	}	
	
} // EOC

<?php
include_once("init.php");

?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>POSNIC - Add Stock Category</title>
	
	<!-- Stylesheets -->
	<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Sans:400,700' rel='stylesheet'>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="js/date_pic/date_input.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/auto/css/jquery.autocomplete.css">
	
	<!-- Optimize for mobile devices -->
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
	
	<!-- jQuery & JS files -->
	<?php include_once("tpl/common_js.php"); ?>
	<script src="js/script.js"></script>  
        <script src="js/date_pic/jquery.date_input.js"></script>  
        <script src="lib/auto/js/jquery.autocomplete.js "></script>  
 
		<script>
	/*$.validator.setDefaults({
		submitHandler: function() { alert("submitted!"); }
	});*/
	$(document).ready(function() {
		$("#supplier").autocomplete("supplier1.php", {
		width: 160,
		autoFill: true,
		selectFirst: true
	});
		$("#category").autocomplete("category.php", {
		width: 160,
		autoFill: true,
		selectFirst: true
	});
		// validate signup form on keyup and submit
		$("#form1").validate({
			rules: {
				name: {
					required: true,
					minlength: 3,
					maxlength: 200
				},
				stockid: {
					required: true,
					minlength: 3,
					maxlength: 200
				},
				cost: {
					required: true,
					
				},
				sell: {
					required: true,
					
				}
			},
			messages: {
				name: {
					required: "Please Enter Stock Name",
					minlength: "Category Name must consist of at least 3 characters"
				},
				stockid: {
					required: "Please Enter Stock ID",
					minlength: "Category Name must consist of at least 3 characters"
				},
				sell: {
					required: "Please Enter Selling Price",
					minlength: "Category Name must consist of at least 3 characters"
				},
				cost: {
					required: "Please Enter Cost Price",
					minlength: "Category Name must consist of at least 3 characters"
				}
			}
		});
	
	});
function numbersonly(e){
        var unicode=e.charCode? e.charCode : e.keyCode
        if (unicode!=8 && unicode!=46 && unicode!=37 && unicode!=38 && unicode!=39 && unicode!=40 && unicode!=9){ //if the key isn't the backspace key (which we should allow)
        if (unicode<48||unicode>57)
        return false
    }
    }
	</script>
	</script>

</head>
<body>

	<!-- TOP BAR -->
	<?php include_once("tpl/top_bar.php"); ?>
	<!-- end top-bar -->
	
	
	
	<!-- HEADER -->
	<div id="header-with-tabs">
		
		<div class="page-full-width cf">
	
			<ul id="tabs" class="fl">
				<li><a href="dashboard.php" class="dashboard-tab">Dashboard</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_sales.php" class="sales-tab">Sales</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_customers.php" class=" customers-tab">Customers</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_purchase.php" class="purchase-tab">Purchase</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_supplier.php" class=" supplier-tab">Supplier</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_product.php" class="active-tab stock-tab">Stocks / Products</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_payments.php" class="payment-tab">Payments / Outstandings</a></li>
				<li><a href="view_report.php" class="report-tab">Reports</a></li>
			</ul> <!-- end tabs -->
			
			<!-- Change this image to your own company's logo -->
			<!-- The logo will automatically be resized to 30px height. -->
			<a href="#" id="company-branding-small" class="fr"><img src="<?php if(isset($_SESSION['logo'])) { echo "upload/".$_SESSION['logo'];}else{ echo "upload/posnic.png"; } ?>" alt="Point of Sale" /></a>
			
		</div> <!-- end full-width -->	

	</div> <!-- end header -->
	
	
	
	<!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
	<div id="content">
		
		<div class="page-full-width cf">

			<div class="side-menu fl">
				
				<h3>Stock Management</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="add_stock.php">Add Stock/Product</a></li>
					<li><a href="view_product.php">View Stock/Product</a></li>
					<li><a href="add_category.php">Add Stock Category</a></li>
					<li><a href="view_category.php">view Stock Category</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="view_stock_availability.php">view Stock Available</a></li>
				
                                  
                                </ul>
                               
                                
			</div> <!-- end side-menu -->
                        
			<div class="side-content fr">
			
				<div class="content-module">
				
					<div class="content-module-heading cf">
					
						<h3 class="fl">Add Stock </h3>
						<span class="fr expand-collapse-text">Click to collapse</span>
                                                <div style="margin-top: 15px;margin-left: 150px"></div>
						<span class="fr expand-collapse-text initial-expand">Click to expand</span>
					
					</div> <!-- end content-module-heading -->
					
						<div class="content-module-main cf">
				
							
					<?php
					//Gump is libarary for Validatoin
					
					if(isset($_POST['name'])){
					$_POST = $gump->sanitize($_POST);
					$gump->validation_rules(array(
						'name'    	  => 'required|max_len,100|min_len,3',
						'stockid'     => 'required|max_len,200',
						'sell'     => 'required|max_len,200',
						'cost'     => 'required|max_len,200',
						'supplier'     => 'max_len,200',
						'category'     => 'max_len,200'

					));
				
					$gump->filter_rules(array(
						'name'    	  => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape',
						'stockid'     => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape',
						'sell'     => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape',
						'cost'     => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape',
						'category'     => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape',
						'supplier'     => 'trim|sanitize_string|mysql_escape'

					));
				
					$validated_data = $gump->run($_POST);
					$name 		= "";
					$stockid 	= "";
					$sell           = "";
					$cost    	= "";
					$supplier 	= "";
					$category 	= "";
			

					if($validated_data === false) {
							echo $gump->get_readable_errors(true);
					} else {
						
						
							$name=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['name']);
							$stockid=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['stockid']);
							$sell=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['sell']);
							$cost=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['cost']);
							$supplier=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['supplier']);
							$category=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['category']);
							
						
						$count = $db->countOf("stock_details", "stock_name ='$name'");
		if($count>1)
			{
	        $data='Dublicat Entry. Please Verify';
                                            $msg='<p style=color:red;font-family:gfont-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>'.$data.'</p>';//
                                            ?>
                                                    
 <script  src="dist/js/jquery.ui.draggable.js"></script>
<script src="dist/js/jquery.alerts.js"></script>
<script src="dist/js/jquery.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet"  href="dist/js/jquery.alerts.css" >
                                                  
                                            <script type="text/javascript">
	
					jAlert('<?php echo  $msg; ?>', 'POSNIC');
			
</script>
                                                        <?php
			}
			else
			{
				
			if($db->query("insert into stock_details(stock_id,stock_name,stock_quatity,supplier_id,company_price,selling_price,category) values('$stockid','$name',0,'$supplier',$cost,$sell,'$category')"))
			{ 
				$db->query("insert into stock_avail(name,quantity) values('$name',0)");
                                  $msg=" $name Stock Details Added" ;
				header("Location: add_stock.php?msg=$msg");
                        }else
			echo "<br><font color=red size=+1 >Problem in Adding !</font>" ;
			
			}
			
			
			}
							
							}
						
				if(isset($_GET['msg'])){
                                             $data=$_GET['msg'];
                                            $msg='<p style=color:#153450;font-family:gfont-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif>'.$data.'</p>';//
                                            ?>
                                                    
 <script  src="dist/js/jquery.ui.draggable.js"></script>
<script src="dist/js/jquery.alerts.js"></script>
<script src="dist/js/jquery.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet"  href="dist/js/jquery.alerts.css" >
                                                  
                                            <script type="text/javascript">
	
					jAlert('<?php echo  $msg; ?>', 'POSNIC');
			
</script>
                                                        <?php
                                         }
				
				?>
				
				<form name="form1" method="post" id="form1" action="">
                  
                
                  <table class="form"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                    <tr>
                          <?php
					  $max = $db->maxOfAll("id", "stock_details");
					  $max=$max+1;
					  $autoid="SD".$max."";
					  ?>
                      <td><span class="man">*</span>Stock ID:</td>
                      <td><input name="stockid" type="text" id="stockid" readonly maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" value="<?php echo $autoid; ?>" /></td>
                       
                      <td><span class="man">*</span>Name:</td>
                      <td><input name="name"placeholder="ENTER CATEGORY NAME" type="text" id="name" maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" value="<?php echo $name; ?>" /></td>
                       
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td><span class="man">*</span>Cost:</td>
                      <td><input name="cost" placeholder="ENTER COST PRICE" type="text" id="cost"  maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" onkeypress="return numbersonly(event)" value="<?php echo $cost; ?>" /></td>
                       
                      <td><span class="man">*</span>Sell:</td>
                      <td><input name="sell" placeholder="ENTER SELLING PRICE" type="text" id="sell" maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" onkeypress="return numbersonly(event)" value="<?php echo $sell; ?>" /></td>
                       
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td>Supplier:</td>
                      <td><input name="supplier" placeholder="ENTER SUPPLIER NAME" type="text" id="supplier"  maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" value="<?php echo $supplier; ?>" /></td>
                       
                      <td>Category:</td>
                      <td><input name="category" placeholder="ENTER CATEGORY NAME" type="text" id="category" maxlength="200"  class="round default-width-input" value="<?php echo $category; ?>" /></td>
                       
                    </tr>
                   
                    <tr>
                      <td>&nbsp;</td>
                      <td>&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    
                    <tr>
                      <td>&nbsp;
					 
					  </td>
                      <td>
                        <input  class="button round blue image-right ic-add text-upper" type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add">
						(Control + S)
					  
					  <td align="right"><input class="button round red   text-upper"  type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset"> </td>
                    </tr>
                  </table>
                </form>  
						
				
					</div> <!-- end content-module-main -->
							
				
				</div> <!-- end content-module -->
				
				
		
		</div> <!-- end full-width -->
		  	
	</div> <!-- end content -->
	
	
	
	<!-- FOOTER -->
	<div id="footer">
        
		<p>Any Queries email to <a href="mailto:sridhar.posnic@gmail.com?subject=Stock%20Management%20System">sridhar.posnic@gmail.com</a>.</p>
	
	</div> <!-- end footer -->

</body>
</html>

I'm sure it's not much, but I'm not understanding something with custom error handlers:

I've created a custom error handler, which I initially set when my page loads :

set_error_handler(array ( new ErrorHandler(), 'handleError' ));

It seems to catch all internal PHP errors, such as if I: var_dump($non_existing_var); right after the set_error_handler....

Now, I have an object that throws an exception after:

set_error_handler(array ( new ErrorHandler(), 'handleError' )); 
$locale = new \CorbeauPerdu\i18n\Locale(...); // this should throw an exception 
...

I thought that with an error handler set, I could 'skip' the try/catch for it, but doing so, PHP spits out in its internal log:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught CorbeauPerdu\i18n\LocaleException: ....

My error handler doesn't catch it at all before, thus my page breaks!!

If I want it to go through the error handler, I have to init my Locale with a try/catch and use trigger_error() like so:

set_error_handler(array ( new ErrorHandler(), 'handleError' ));

try { 
  $locale = new \CorbeauPerdu\i18n\Locale(...); // this should throw an exception 
}
catch(Exception $e) { 
  trigger_error($e->getMessage(), E_USER_ERROR); 
} 
...

Is this normal ? I thought one of the goals of the error_handler was to catch anything that wasn't dealt with?

Thanks for your answers!