do_xss_clean() public method

This prevents people from embedding malicious code in their files. I'm not sure that it won't negatively affect certain files in unexpected ways, but so far I haven't found that it causes trouble.
public do_xss_clean ( ) : string
return string
Example #1
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 /**
  * do xss clean
  * this plugin makes sure that images do not get xss unless under very certain criteria
  * borrowed from CI 2.x mecurial repo
  *
  * @access	public
  * @return	bool
  */
 public function do_xss_clean()
 {
     $file = $this->upload_path . $this->file_name;
     if (filesize($file) == 0) {
         return FALSE;
     }
     if (function_exists('memory_get_usage') && memory_get_usage() && ini_get('memory_limit') != '') {
         $current = ini_get('memory_limit') * 1024 * 1024;
         $new_memory = number_format(ceil(filesize($file) + $current), 0, '.', '');
         ini_set('memory_limit', $new_memory);
         // When an integer is used, the value is measured in bytes. - PHP.net
     }
     if (function_exists('getimagesize') && @getimagesize($file) !== FALSE) {
         if (($file = @fopen($file, 'rb')) === FALSE) {
             return FALSE;
             // Couldn't open the file, return FALSE
         }
         $opening_bytes = fread($file, 256);
         fclose($file);
         if (!preg_match('/<(a|body|head|html|img|plaintext|pre|script|table|title)[\\s>]/i', $opening_bytes)) {
             return TRUE;
             // its an image, no "triggers" detected in the first 256 bytes, we're good
         }
     }
     //do default
     parent::do_xss_clean($types);
 }