/**
* Picks out the form value that relates to this form input,
* and stores it as the sanitized value on the form input, and sets the normalized value.
* Returns whether or not any validation errors occurred
*
* @param array $req_data like $_POST
* @return boolean whether or not there was an error
*/
protected function _normalize($req_data)
{
//any existing validation errors don't apply so clear them
$this->_validation_errors = array();
try {
$raw_input = $this->find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data);
//super simple sanitization for now
if (is_array($raw_input)) {
$this->_raw_value = array();
foreach ($raw_input as $key => $value) {
$this->_raw_value[$key] = $this->_sanitize($value);
}
} else {
$this->_raw_value = $this->_sanitize($raw_input);
}
//we want ot mostly leave the input alone in case we need to re-display it to the user
$this->_normalized_value = $this->_normalization_strategy->normalize($this->raw_value());
} catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
$this->add_validation_error($e);
}
}
