PHP Filters for validation and sanitization are activated by passing at least two values to the PHP Filters Extension function filter_var. As an example, let's use the Sanitize Filter for an Integer number like so:
$value = '123abc456def';
echo filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
In the example, we have a variable $value that is passed through the Filters Extension function filter_var using the FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT filter. This results in the following output: