<?php
/*
 * Gallery - a web based photo album viewer and editor
 * Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Bharat Mediratta
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
 * your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

/**
 * Utility methods required by the search module
 * @package Search
 * @subpackage Classes
 * @author Bharat Mediratta <bharat@menalto.com>
 * @version $Revision: 17580 $
 * @static
 */
class SearchUtilities {

    /**
     * Remove any illegal characters from a search string
     *
     * @param string $string the input string
     * @return string a sanitized string
     */
    function sanitizeSearchCriteria($string) {
	/* Quote the '%' char */
	$string = str_replace('%', '%%', $string);

	return $string;
    }
}
?>